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Corporal JAMES SKELTON

Service Number: 3248029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOTHWELL PARK CEMETERY

Sec. O. Grave 2904.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Anne Skelton; husband of Jean Morrison Skelton, of Alva, Clackmannanshire.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES CHERISHED FOR EVER OF HAPPY DAYS WE SPENT TOGETHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BOTHWELL PARK CEMETERY
Lanarkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 69
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