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Private WILLIAM SKILLINGS

Service Number: 242495
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Norfolk Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XXI. V. 38.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Annie Skillings, of 230, King St., Norwich.
  • Personal Inscription OUR LOSS HIS ETERNAL GAIN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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