Memorial

Lieutenant W W Skynner

Tablet

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Current Location

North wall, St. Nectan's Church, off Well Lane, Welcombe, Torridge, Devon, EX39 6HF, England

SS 22806 18435

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 69687
Description: Rectangular white marble tablet mounted on black marble backboard. Tablet features decorative carvings at the top left and right. Lettering carved in black.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WALKER SKYNNER, R.N./ ONLY CHILD OF/ WILLIAM PRICE SKYNNER/ AND MARIE LOUISE HIS WIFE,/ OF MARSLAND, BIDEFORD, DEVON/ AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE/ WILLIAM WALKER,/ OF THIS PARISH:/ WHO WAS LOST OFF THE ORKNEYS/ IN H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE/ JUNE 5TH 1916. AGED 27 YEARS./ "In the midst of life we are/ in death."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, service, relationship, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good