Military service
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Son of Willis and Eleanor Skinner of Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. Brother of James and Florence.
Victory Medal, British War Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
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Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
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Wilf Schofield, England
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
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Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William, James and sister Florence Skinner came to Canada early 1900's as 'British Home Children'. James saved their mother's ship fare out to Canada. Eleanor (Mrs. Willis) Skinner settled in Detroit city where William was living when he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Nov. 1915 at 18. Posthumous-awarded medal is now with daughter of Florence Skinner Brown, Dorothy McNaughton, 91, London, Ontario. [CBC news online Jan 2010].
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Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William Evlyn Skinner
Son of James and Eleanor Skinner.
William and his brother James came to Canada as British Home Children. James paid for his mother’s passage to Canada and few months later he paid for his sister Florence to come as well.
William’s attestation papers incorrectly spelt his middle name as “Evylin” and his mother as Mrs. Willis Skinner. His mother did live in Detroit, but William lived and worked in Essex County as a farm worker.
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Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
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Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William Skinner British home child
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William Skinner British home child
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William Skinner British home child
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William Skinner British home child
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner
William Skinner British home child
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Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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William, James and sister Florence Skinner came to Canada early 1900's as 'British Home Children'. James saved their mother's ship fare out to Canada. Eleanor (Mrs. Willis) Skinner settled in Detroit city where William was living when he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Nov. 1915 at 18. Posthumous-awarded medal is now with daughter of Florence Skinner Brown, Dorothy McNaughton, 91, London, Ontario. [CBC news online Jan 2010].
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William Evlyn Skinner Son of James and Eleanor Skinner. William and his brother James came to Canada as British Home Children. James paid for his mother’s passage to Canada and few months later he paid for his sister Florence to come as well. William’s attestation papers incorrectly spelt his middle name as “Evylin” and his mother as Mrs. Willis Skinner. His mother did live in Detroit, but William lived and worked in Essex County as a farm worker.
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British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
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William Skinner British home child
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William Skinner British home child
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William Skinner British home child
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William Skinner British home child
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William Skinner British home child
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Commemorated on:
Page 501 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
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