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Rifleman WILLIAM FREDERICK SKILTON

Service Number: 5/4647
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

II. E. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Joseph and Ellen Harriett Skilton, of 5, Alms Houses, Aveley, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 245
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