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1628. Gnr. Skinner, Albert Edward

Gunner

Date of Birth: Q1, 1884, Neath (Cens)
Occupation: Shop Assistant (News)
Employer: Mr James Betts Neath (News)
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea (SDGW)
1908 Serv. No: 1628
1917 Serv. No: 725802
Date Died: 25/3/1917
How Died: Died

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q1, 1884, Neath. Parents - William Asscot & Ann

1891 - 2 Glamorgan St, Neath. 7yo. Scholar. W parents & 3 sibs

1901 - 2 Glamorgan St, Neath. 16yo. Occ-Grocers Assistant. W parents (Dad-Baker & Publican) & 2 sibs

19 - Married

1911 - 7 Leonard St, Neath. 28yo. Occ-Assistant Grocer. W wife Gwenllian, Dilys (1904) & Kenneth (1910)

- Other children - Alwyn (1912) & Thelma (1916)

1917 - Died aged 33, 25 March 1917 of Cerebro Spinal Fever Com on Active Service, Military Isolation Hospital, Aldershot.

- Buried: Neath (Llantwit) Cemetary

Personal Info: Son of William Asscot Skinner and Ann Skinner; husband of Gwenllian Skinner, of 7, Leonard St., Neath. Born at Neath. (CWGC)
Address:
7 Leonard St
Neath (News)

Military Service

No SR

Enlisted Swansea Dec 1916, likely mobilised early 1916, Gnr. No 1628

3/1st Welsh How Bde attchd D/7th Bde Arty TF

Died 25 March 1917 of Cerebro Spinal Fever Com on Active Service, Military Isolation Hospital, Aldershot.

Remembered on the Neath War Memorial

Picture with thanks to Jonathan Skidmore, Neath and Briton Ferry in the First World War

1st Welsh Unit: 3/1st Welsh How Bde attchd D/7th Bde Arty TF
Final Unit: 3rd/1st Welch Howitzer Bde. (CWGC)
Sources: (PENS)(CWGC)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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