Dymock Watson
{{Short description|Royal Navy vice-admiral}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir Dymock Watson
|birth_date=5 April 1904{{cite book |title=Who's Who of Southern Africa |date=1959 |publisher=Ken Donaldson (Pty.) Limited |page=666 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8h0UAAAAIAAJ|language=en}}
|death_date=3 February 1988 (aged 84)
|birth_place= Farnham, Surrey
|death_place= Brecknock, Powys, Wales
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1918–1961
|rank= Vice Admiral
|commands={{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}}
South Atlantic and South America Station
|branch=23px Royal Navy
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|battles=World War II
|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Vice Admiral Sir Robert Dymock Watson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|CBE|DL}} (5 April 1904 – 3 February 1988) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station.
Naval career
Watson joined the Royal Navy in 1918.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WATSON5.shtml Sir Robert Dymock Watson] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He served in World War II as Assistant Director of Plans on the Joint Planning Staff from 1944. After the War, he was appointed to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet and then, in 1950, became Director of Plans at the Admiralty. He went on to be Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}} in 1953 and Flag Officer, Flotillas in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1954. He was made Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1955 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station in 1958. He made an official visit to Ladysmith[http://www.naval-review.co.uk/issues/1959-4.pdf Naval Review, Vol. XLVII, No. 4, October, 1959, p. 473] before retiring in 1961.
He lived at Trebinshwyn in Brecon.[http://www.william1.co.uk/t43.htm Tudor 43]
Personal life
His grandson is the actor and comedian Humphrey Ker, who based his 2011 Edinburgh Fringe show Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! on Watson's exploits in the Second World War.{{cite web |title=Humphrey Ker Is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! Upstairs at the Three and Ten, Brighton, June 16 |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/stage/9085468.humphrey-ker-is-dymock-watson-nazi-smasher-upstairs-at-the-three-and-ten-brighton-june-16/ |website=The Argus |access-date=27 November 2021}}
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{{succession box | title=Fourth Sea Lord | before=Sir Frederick Parham | after=Sir Gordon Hubback | years=1955–1958}}
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{{s-bef | before=Sir Geoffrey Robson}}
{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station | years=1958–1960}}
{{s-aft | after=Sir Nicholas Copeman}}
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Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II
Category:Military personnel from Surrey
Category:Royal Navy vice admirals
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath