Skipworth Bernard William Lieut

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Surname: Skipworth;

Forename(s): Bernard William;

Initials: BW;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 3 of;

Previous Regiment: R Sussex Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 9 Bn;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 88 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 9 Bn;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 25-Apr-1918;

Awarded: MC;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in an attack. He got three machine guns into action at the second objective with the utmost speed and engaged the retreating enemy before the attacking companies had got forward. He set a splendid example to his men throughout.;

Other Data: reported to 88 Coy 7/6/1917
wounded in the back 9/7/1917 - war diary
Report - War Diary 9 Bn, 25/4/1918 missing
posted missing, Red Cross list Apr 1918
Red Cross Enquiry Card;

Other Notes: SKIPWORTH, Lieutenant, BERNARD WILLIAM, MC, 3rd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment attd. 9th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 25th April 1918. Age 28. Son of William Green Skipworth and the late Emily Skipworth, of Brookhurst, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Sussex. Panel 86 to 88 Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
MC: LG 26/11/1917 (6/4/1918);

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