Serjeant 428338 George Allen Skeath

Courtesy Jeff Keenan

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 423rd West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 15/01/1916

Age at death: 25
Date of death: 30th of November 1917 (Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension - I. A. 15.

Family details:
George A was single and a plumber by trade - living at 136 Stanhope Street, St Helens when he attested.

Census details:
1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 19 years old 'Apprentice Plumber' George A living at 136 Stanhope Street, St Helens with parents Daniel (49), Nellie ('2nd wife' 44) and three siblings: John (24), Albert (21), Arthur Molyneux (8).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Skeath_428338.jpg[/pic][caption]Courtesy Jeff Keenan[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/SkeathGA.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/SkeathGA_REdone.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Serjeant George Allen Skeath at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]