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Private EDWARD SMART SKIPSEY

Service Number: 28/107
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VI. H. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. M. S. and Mrs. Eliza Skipsey, of 1, Carlton Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE MORN BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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