Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. P. Skinner, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was killed in action whilst serving with the 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division at Ypres, 26 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 1809-S- Pte. C. P. Skinner. R.M.L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Perry Skinner) remnants of verdigris, generally very fine (3) £80-£120

Charles Perry Skinner was born in September 1892, and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Weston-Super-Mare in December 1916. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division from February 1917, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 26 October 1917. Private Skinner is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.