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Fifth Engineer Officer WILLIAM DAVIS SKILLING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. City of Bagdad (Glasgow)

Date of Death

Died 31 December 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 9.

Kenya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Mary Johnstone Skilling; husband of Janet Stafford Skilling. of Cumnock, Ayrshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 2032
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