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Private CECIL ERNEST SKINNER

Service Number: 17549
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY

A. 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. F. Skinner, of 3, Brockhampton Rd., Havant.
  • Personal Inscription THE DAWN IS NOT DISTANT NOR IS THE NIGHT STARLESS CHRIST IS ETERNAL
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 157
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