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Rifleman WILLIAM GEORGE SKILTON

Service Number: 302961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

"A" Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

II. B. 30.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Robert and Lucy Skilton, of 14, Bungalow Rd., South Norwood, London.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE IS SHORT BUT LOVE IS LONG
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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