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Pte. Robert Skeldon
British Army 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
(d.6th May 1917)
Robert Skeldon of 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers died aged 40, he had formerly served in the Army Service Corps (MT).
Born in North Shields in 1877, son of John and Margaret Skeldon, he was the husband of Mary Skeldon (nee Wilmot) of 34 Prince Consort Road Jarrow He lived and enlisted in Jarrow. In the 1911 Census Robert Skeldon, is listed as age 35, a Widower & Ship's Plate Scalper in Ship Building, living with his parents John & Margaret Skeldon & family at 23, Vicarage Street North Shields.
Robert is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun.