BORN SOUTHWARK, SURREY, 11/02/1890. SON OF BENJAMIN SKIDMORE (1864-1920) & EMMA DUNNING (1865-1897), OF 56, TANSWELL STREET, LAMBETH, LONDON. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED IN INDIA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 25/04/1915. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, WITH THE 1ST LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/04/1917, AGED 27.
HE MARRIED IVY CARR (1897-1946), AT HULL, IN OCTOBER, 1915. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, IVY CASS, AT 1, FLORENCE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, JAMES SKIDMORE, DIED IN LONDON IN 1915, AGED 27.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
1585
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
15/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
