George Skillett

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Service number:
C/12817
Rank:
Private
Service:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Origin:
Date of birth:
22 October 1896
Date of death:
03 October 1916
Age at Death:
19
SKILLETT George

Known information

George Skillett was born at Lowther in Westmoreland on 22 October 1896, the youngest child of William and Emma Skillett. He was well known in both Langham and Barleythorpe and was a member of the choir of Langham Church. George worked as an office boy in the local brewery and then as a footman. He enlisted in November 1915, serving in the 18th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He went out to France in

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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme

More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.

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