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Pte. Arthur Andrew Skilleter
British Army 4th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:London
Arthur Skilleter was my great grandfather. The family story, which I am trying to authenticate, is that he was in a trench as part of The Battle of Passchendaele, 3rd Ypres, and suffering badly from shell shock. Somebody shouted at him to move as they were under attack. He was incapable of moving so was left. When the others returned they found him minus one arm and both legs, they were told to give him some chocolate as he would be dead by morning. He told them in no uncertain terms that he would not! True to his word he was still alive in the morning and was taken to CCS 3 and then sent home. He lived many years with prosthetic limbs and I would not be here today if it was not for his sheer bloody mindidness.