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Second Lieutenant RICHARD EDWARD ELCHO SKYRME

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 February 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

I. B. 2.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Elcho Skyrme, and Catherine Jane Skyrme, of Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED SON OF FRANK ELCHO & CATHERINE JANE SKYRME
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Buried or commemorated at

PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 165
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