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Sergeant EDWARD SKELTON

Service Number: 1473051
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

550 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 January 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOLD NEWTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

South Sec.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick M. Skelton and Eliza A. Skelton, of Wold Newton.
  • Personal Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

WOLD NEWTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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