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Pte. Thomas George Skipper
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment
from:Lyng, Norfolk
(d.26th Sep 1917)
His service history is missing but we know that Thomas Skipper was killed during the 3rd Battle of Ypres on 26th of September 1917 and is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
He was born on 21st September 1897, the second of nine children of Thomas Skipper and Alice Marian Skipper nee Rudd. On the 1911 census, he was listed as a farm labourer, living in Elsing Road, Lyng, Norfolk.