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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM SKELLORN

Service Number: R/36149
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

"B" Coy. 16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OLDHAM (CHADDERTON) CEMETERY

L.I. 199.

United Kingdom

Private memorial. 6 feet high stone cross. Good condition Feb 2022. 3 to the left and 12 forward of Driver MARSHALL

Photographer: Andrew Steel

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Julia Ann Skellorn; husband of Amelia Skellorn, of 34, Abson St., Chadderton. Born at Oldham.
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Buried or commemorated at

OLDHAM (CHADDERTON) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 125
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