Pte
Andrew Stewart Skilling
Military Details
Service Number: 5086
Regiment & Unit / Ship
4th Regiment South African Infantry
Enlisted
30 August 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
30 August 1915
Place of Enlistment
Johanesburg
Residence at Enlistment
Johanesburg South Africa
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
4th
Service Number at Enlistment
5086
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1890
Place of Birth
Cleator
Religion
Methodist
Address
228a,Fawcus Street, Jeppes extension , Johanesburg
Residence (Roll of Honour)
228a,Fawcus Street, Jeppes extension , Johanesburg
Parents
Robert & Mary Skillen
Siblings
Robert , John , James , Nancy , Eliza Cumpball , Ruth Annie
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Signwriter
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
15th July 1916
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Delville Wood
Regiment at Death
Regiment South African Infantry
Battalion/Vessel at Death
4th
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
served as Skillen 1891 Census Family living at 70 Queen Street, Cleator Moor
Buried or Commemorated at
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Pier and Face 4 C.
Private Memorial: Methodists church Cleator Moor/St Johns war memorial
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