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Lance Corporal W SKELTON

Service Number: 493784
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

13th (Kensington) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE

III. G. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 772
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