Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1035

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7 March 2007

Hammer Price:
£40

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Frederick Charles Skilleter) good very fine £35-45

Frederick Charles Skilleter was born, lived and enlisted at Biggleswade. Serving as a Private in the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 23 November 1916. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of Frederick and Selina Skilleter of 8 Rose Lane, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.