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William Evlyn Skinner

In memory of:

Lance Corporal William Evlyn Skinner

August 8, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

124333

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

21st Bn.

Citation(s):

Victory Medal, British War Medal

Additional Information

Born:

February 22, 1897
Stratford, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

November 3, 1915
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Willis and Eleanor Skinner of Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. Brother of James and Florence.

Commemorated on Page 501 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VI. D. I.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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  • Honour roll– British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll

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  • Artifact– 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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    Artifact – 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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  • Photo of 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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    Photo of 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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