George Gould Skinner

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55705

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

March 15th, 1916

Cemetery:

Ridge Wood Military Cemetery - Ypres, Belgium - I.Q.8.

Commemorated at:

St. John's Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Warwickshire

Birth city:

Stockton

Address at enlistment:

Farringdon P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Napton Holt Farm, Southern England

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds – 5th Canadian Field Ambulance. (GSW Head)

BX March 21, 1916

War Deaths of Brantford – Private Skinner Killed

Another Brantford casualty in the overseas forces was announced in the official list this morning. Private George Gould Skinner, 19th Battalion, is reported dead of wounds.

Private Skinner, at the time of his enlistment resided on Graham Avenue, Farringdon. He was a laborer and unmarried. He had three months’ service with the Dufferin Rifles and left with the first active service body of that regiment, which joined the second contingent, leaving Brantford Nov. 6, 1914. A sister of Private Skinner resides at 120 Oxford Street.