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Private WILLIAM RICHARD SKELTON

Service Number: 21718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE

II. Z. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William R. Skelton, of 12, West Parade, Filey, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING WE NOW LEAVE OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 891
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