SKELTON, John
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Known as:
Jack
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5668915
Died :
Saturday, December 27, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lance Corporal John Skelton was killed in action during operations at Vaagso, Norway.
Son of Tom and Clara Skelton of Crookes, Sheffield; husband of Evelyn Skelton, of Sheffield.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Commando Association newsletter 109 (1999).
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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