W.+H.+SKELTON

Skelton, William Henry, Private, 49677, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment Formerly 116681, Notts and Derby Regiment Born Dudley, Worcestershire Enlisted Derby Resided Pilsley, Derbyshire Killed in action 18th September 1918 aged 22 Husband of Jane Ann Skelton, of 58, Queen St., Pilsley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Buried in Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, II, F, 2

1911 Census A colliery pony driver underground Son of William Henry, a coal miner hewer, and Sarah Skelton, of Willow Terrace, Pilsley, Derbyshire