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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOSEPH SKINNER

Service Number: 201925
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROSIERES BRITISH CEMETERY

33.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Henry and Elizabeth Skinner, of 2, Pitfield Rd., Caterham, Surrey. His brother Alfred Skinner also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

ROSIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 60
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