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Private JOHN THOMAS SKEEN

Service Number: 5827
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Emily Skeen, of 13, Waterloo St., Cheltenham, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription WHO WAS BURIED AT THE TIME IN SUEZ BRITISH CEMETERY BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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