Name
Ernest James Skipp
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1916
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/15628
Royal Sussex Regiment
13th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 7C
France
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Christchurch Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born in 1889 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of Samuel and Katherine Skipp and was living at 61 New Road, Ware in 1911. He was a tailor.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford formerly 5703, Hertfordshire Regiment and was killed in action on the Somme.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Harry Skipp and of Private Robert Skipp and of Private Thomas Walter Skipp who all fought, were all wounded but all survived WW1.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
