R.L.A. Skinner
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 24717. Gunner. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Left about end of May. At St Anne's on Sea. Reported June 28. Dec. 14. No 14 Ward. Military Hosp. Bulford. Salisbury Plain Nov. 1916, C.P. R.F.A. A sub. No 2 Sect. (Section). 30 D.H.C. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Oct. 1917, C.P.R.F.A., c/o Ammunition Office 8th Corps O.K. D.Train, B.E.F. Nov. 1918 No details.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/13)
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