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6th Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry Diary
Greetings Friends
I've had in my collection for a long time the Victory Medal of Pte. Albert Richard Skeats [Skeates] 23467. I've been able to do a bit of research on this chap, learning that he landed in France August 12, 1915 and was KIA on August 31, 1915 during the Action of the Hooge. Buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. What I am curious about is what the Battalion was doing during those 19 days leading up to the 31st of August. Thanks for the assistance.
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Found this :
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NB: Some of his war graves documents originally had him listed as Private W. Skeates. https://www.aldermastonhistory.uk/wp...-Skeates-A.pdf .
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Thank you so very much. This is beyond my expectations to get such details.
I had noted the W. Skeates, but never followed that thread on the docs. Will retrace my steps there. Thanks for that tip as well.
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https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/fi...0/a-r-skeates/ Graves Registration document 1 - Listed as Pte.W Graves Registration document 2 - Listed as Pte.A.R Concentration document 1 - Initially Pte.W but crossed out and A.R hand written. Concentration document 2 - Listed as Pte.W Concentration document 3 - Listed as Pte.W Headstone document 2 - Private A.R. Skeates. .
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The British Legion organised a Battle Fields Pilgrimage in 1928 , members visited numerous sites including the cemeteries and brought home booklets of postcards.
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Phil,
i was lucky to have been able to obtain a copy of `unceasing war, the 6th service battalion KOYLI` by Malcolm K Johnson from very limited run of 100 by Doncaster Museum Service back in 1999. The history uses the war diaries but the author has also done in depth research to add far more detail to the official account. Albert Skeates has an entry in the ROH within the book. 31/08/15-23467-Pte-Skeates A.R.-C coy- Killed-Railway Wood-transfered from 13 res cav- died due to enemy bombardment. There are a total of 21 fatalities for the 6th bn on the 31st August. 8 attributed to the parapet of H21 blown in by a whizz-bang, 12 attributed to enemy bombardment and 2 whilst on patrol in front of H20. There is a chapter covering the period 6 August to 4 October PM if you need anything looking up within the section. Kind regards, Dave Note just done a check on Abebooks, 2 copies available. One listed at £10 the other at £110 ! https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-sear...first-edition/
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