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№ 823

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26 March 2013

Hammer Price:
£85

Three: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class W. H. Skelton, Royal Navy, killed when the gunboat H.M.S. Seagull was sunk in collision with S.S. Corrib in the Clyde, 30 September 1918

1914-15 Star (272218 E.R.A.3, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (272218 E.R.A.2, R.N.) extremely fine (3) £80-100

Walter Harry Skelton was born in Torpoint, Cornwall on 25 January 1891. He entered the Royal Navy from school, being appointed a Boy Artificer on 6 August 1906 and becoming an Engine Room Artificer 5th Class in July 1910. Skelton, serving as an E.R.A. 2nd Class was killed when his ship, the Seagull - a gunboat converted to a minesweeper, was sunk in collision with the S.S. Corrib in the Clyde on 30 September 1918. He was the son of Edmund Harry and Jessie Skelton of 3 Harbour View, Torpoint, Cornwall.

With copied service paper.