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Rifleman J SKENE

Service Number: R/14375
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

E. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Skene, of Blackburn; husband of Mary Elizabeth Skene, of 18, Joseph St., Blackburn.
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Buried or commemorated at

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 136
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