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Private HARRY EDMUNDSON SKIRROW

Service Number: 16/914
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. E. 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 93rd Light Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Mary Ann Skirrow, of Horton, Bradford; husband of Annie Skirrow, of 7, St. Jude's Place, Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription SORROW VANQUISHED, LABOUR ENDED, JORDAN PAST.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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