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Lance Corporal JOHN SKELTON

Service Number: 5668915
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

Date of Death

Died 27 December 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRONDHEIM (STAVNE) CEMETERY

A IV British. H. 10.

Norway

Trondheim Stavne Cemetery headstones and fabric April 2023 Malcolm Ross and Haakon Vinje tour

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 3 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Clara Skelton of Crookes, Sheffield; husband of Evelyn Skelton, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription FOND MEMORIES. HIS LOVING WIFE EVELYN. OUR LIFE TOGETHER WAS SHORT BUT VERY SWEET
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Buried or commemorated at

TRONDHEIM (STAVNE) CEMETERY
Norway
Number of casualties: 156
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