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Second Lieutenant BENJAMIN DOWELL SKELTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

S. V. G. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Skelton, of "Brandon," Epping New Rd., Buckhurst Hill, Essex. His brother Henry Skelton also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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