SKEATES, Albert Charles
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
1871381
Died :
Friday, November 1, 1940
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal Albert Skeates, 6 Troop, died at approximately 17:30 hrs., when hit by shrapnel from an exploding enemy shell whilst walking along the Dover-Deal road. Military funeral at St. James' Cemetery in Dover at 15:00 hrs.,on the 4th November. Husband of Mrs S. Skeates from Rochester.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/20 and 21.
Royal Engineers Casualty Card.
No 5 Commando War Diary.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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