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Gibson Fitzgerald Skelton

In memory of:

Private Gibson Fitzgerald Skelton

September 12, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

467431

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)

Division:

10th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

September 6, 1895
Clones Parish, Ireland

Enlistment:

October 9, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta

Son of John Skelton, J.P., and Mary A. Skelton, of Ashgrove Lodge, Clones, Ireland.

Commemorated on Page 163 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. N. 24.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Gibson Skelton– In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Gibson Skelton – In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Gibson Skelton– From Volume 1 of Letters From The Front produced by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

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    Photo of Gibson Skelton
    Photo of Gibson Skelton – From Volume 1 of Letters From The Front produced by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

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