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Personal data

• Name SKELTON
• Initials GW
• First name GEORGE WILLIAM
• Place of birth Filey
• Country Yorks, England
• Family Son of Thomas and Mary Skelton, of 5, Wenlock Place, Church St., Filey, Yorks.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Hull
• Service number 11659
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
• Division - Brigade 1st (Guards) Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division Guards Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 22 January 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 9 May 1916
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - C - 36

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