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Private PERCY SKELTON

Service Number: 10796
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

T. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. J. Skelton, of 39, New Rd., Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription SWEETEST THOUGHTS SHALL EVER LINGER ROUND THE SPOT WHERE THOU ART LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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