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Corporal JOHN WILLIAM SKELCHER

Service Number: 23844
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. D. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Betsy Skelcher, of Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription ALL THY PAIN AND SORROW ENDED.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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