Reginald Bertram Skinner
Memorial: Yate and District Heritage Centre: Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital Memorial Board
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 16687
Parents: Charles and Emily Skinner
Home address: Wharf Cottage, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Berks
Pre-war occupation: Garden boy
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Dodington, Glos
Date of death: 08/06/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery (ref. I. D. 11.), Arras, Pas de Calais, France.
Age: 20
Further information:
Reginald Bertram Skinner was born in 1896 in Dodington. His parents were Charles and Emily Skinner of Wharf Cottage, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Berks. He had a brother called Cyril. His father had worked as a domestic gardener and he was born in Easton Grey in Wiltshire. In 1911 Reginald was working as a garden boy and his family were living in Dodington
Reginald enlisted in Bristol. He joined the “C” Company of the 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment as a private
Reginald was Killed in Action in June 1916 at the age of 20. He was buried in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery in France
He was awarded the Victory, British War and 15 Star medals
Reginald Bertram is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Doddington
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC