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Private JOSEPH RICHARD SKEWIS

Service Number: 2929009
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 January 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

1. A. 22.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Stark Barclay Skewis, of South Carntyne, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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