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Alexander Mcwilliam Skinner

In memory of:

Private Alexander Mcwilliam Skinner

March 2, 1915

Military Service

Service Number:

6407

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

"A" Coy. 1st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. E. McLean, of 48, Givin St., Woodstock, Ontario. Native of Keith, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 36 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

J. 27.

Location:

Leave Bois Grenier on the D222 in the direction of Fleurbaix. After 1200 metres turn left following the signs for the Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, which can be found on the right hand side after the farm, approximately 800 metres from the main road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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