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Gunner HAROLD SKILLEN

Service Number: 1742926
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

540 Bty., 88 Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKHAM (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION

Sec. A. Grave 452.

United Kingdom

CWGC memorial headstone (PH)

Photographer: Wade Dooley

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Ann Skillen; husband of Agnes Skillen, of Hoghton.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR HUSBAND IN YOUR SOLDIER'S GRAVE YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR COUNTRY YOU NOBLY GAVE.
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