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The history of Sgt A E Skinner: A Buffs man in the Royal West Kents

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What the papers said:

Before we get going, this is what the papers said of Sgt Skinner: This extract comes from Kentish Express and Ashford News February 9 1918 For Their King and Country "Mr & Mrs Joseph Skinner of the Street, Great Chart have received official news of the death of their eldest son , Sergeant Albert Skinner of the Royal West Kents. Sergeant Skinner joined the Buffs in October 1914 and proceeded to Gallipoli where he was attached to the Royal West Kents. Leaving the Dardanell
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Gallipoli veteran and cricket loving L/Sgt Albert E Skinner, a man of the Buffs attached to the 2/4th Royal West Kents, was killed on 4th November 1917 during an attack on Turkish positions in the hills near El Khulweilfe, about 20 miles north of Beersheba. This blog will include what we know about the role Albert, his family and his battalion played in the First World War. Some of which we have uncovered ourselves, some of which I am indebted to other members of this forum for providing.
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