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      Edith was baptised on 3 May 1772 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG; Edy.¹ She was the daughter of William Skinner and Mary Day (-?-).¹
     Edith married, at age 19, Joseph Brown on Thursday, 8 December 1791 in Wimpole, CAM, Joseph Brown(X) & Edith Skinner(X) botp. Wits: Christopher Worland, Ephraim Skinner(X).¹

      Issac was baptised on 22 May 1774 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of William Skinner and Mary Day (-?-).¹ Issac died before 5 February 1775 in Wimpole, CAM.¹ Issac was buried on 5 February 1775 in Wimpole, CAM.¹

      William was baptised on 11 February 1776 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of William Skinner and Mary Day (-?-).¹

      Samuel was baptised on 29 June 1777 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of William Skinner and Mary Day (-?-).¹ Samuel died before 24 March 1791 in Wimpole, CAM.¹ Samuel was buried on 24 March 1791 in Wimpole, CAM.¹

      William was baptised on 27 February 1780 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of William Skinner and Mary Day (-?-).¹

     Joseph married Edith Skinner, aged 19 , daughter of William Skinner and Mary Day (-?-), on Thursday, 8 December 1791 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG, Joseph Brown(X) & Edith Skinner(X) botp. Wits: Christopher Worland, Ephraim Skinner(X).¹

      Sarah was baptised on 13 March 1814 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ She was the daughter of Abraham Skinner and Sarah Sell.¹

     Born in July 1833 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ Henry was baptised on 20 July 1833 in Wimpole, CAM.¹ He was the son of Samuel Skinner and Mary Cubis.¹ Henry died before 22 September 1833 in Wimpole, CAM.¹ Henry was buried on 22 September 1833 in Wimpole, CAM. 11 weeks.¹

      Sarah was baptised on 17 April 1842 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Skinner and Mary Cubis.¹ Sarah died before 9 March 1843 in Wimpole, CAM.¹ Sarah was buried on 9 March 1843 in Wimpole, CAM. Infant.¹

     Born in 1865 in Barrington, Royston, CAM, ENG.^2,1
     Ellen married Charles Edward Skinner, son of James Skinner and Anne Garner, before 1890.³ Ellen died on 27 June 1940.¹ Ellen was buried after 27 June 1940 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹

     Born in 1894.¹ Frank Skinner was the son of Charles Edward Skinner and Ellen (-?-).¹ Frank died on 1 July 1916 in FRA; In memory of F SKINNER, Private 13644, 11th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on Saturday 1st July 1916. Age 21.

Citation:

Additional Information: Son of Charles and Ellen Skinner, of New Wimpole, Royston, Herts.

Commemorative Information
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Cemetery: GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: X. Q. 5.
Location: Gordon Dump Cemetery is 2 kilometres north-east of Albert, on the right hand side of D929 Albert-Bapaume. At Y junction (102nd Infantry Brigade Memorial) nearby the Routiers restaurant, turn right onto D20 and follow through Ovillers/La Boisselle. After 2 kilometres the Cemetery is signposted onto a 300 metre grass track.
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Historical Information: On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 8th Division attacked Ovillers and the 34th Division La Boisselle. The villages were not captured, but ground was won between them and to the south of La Boisselle. On 4 July, the 19th (Western) Division cleared La Boisselle and on 7 July the 12th (Eastern) and 25th Divisions gained part of Ovillers, the village being cleared by the 48th (South Midland) Division on 17 July. The two villages were lost during the German advance in March 1918, but they were retaken on the following 24 August by the 38th (Welsh) Division. Plot I of the Cemetery was made by fighting units after 10 July 1916 and closed in September when it contained the graves of 95 soldiers, mainly Australian. It was called variously Gordon (or Gordon's) Dump Cemetery or Sausage Valley Cemetery, from the name given to the broad, shallow valley that runs down from it to Becourt. The remainder of the cemetery was formed after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the 1916 battlefields immediately surrounding the cemetery. There are now 1,676 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,053 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 34 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.^1,2 Frank was buried after 1 July 1916 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹

     Born in 1892.² Edward Charles Skinner was the son of Charles Edward Skinner and Ellen (-?-).² Edward died on 9 August 1916 in FRA; In Memory of EDWARD CHARLES SKINNER, Private 15628, 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment, who died on Wednesday 9th August 1916. Age 25.

Citation:

Additional Information: Son of Ellen Skinner, of New Wimpole, Royston, Herts, and the late Charles Skinner.

Commemorative Information
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Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
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Historical Information: On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere.^2,3 Edward was buried after 9 August 1916 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.²

     Born in 1897 in New Wimpole, CAM, ENG.^2,1 Harry Skinner was the son of Charles Edward Skinner and Ellen (-?-).¹ Harry died on 5 April 1918 in FRA; In Memory of HARRY SKINNER, Private 23312, 7th Bn., Suffolk Regiment
who died on Friday 5th April 1918. Age 20.

Citation:

Additional Information: Son of Ellen Skinner, of New Wimpole, Royston, Herts, and the late Charles Skinner.

Commemorative Information
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Cemetery: POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: Panel 25
Location: Pozieres is a village 6 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert. The Memorial encloses Pozieres British Cemetery which is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres. On the road frontage is an open arcade terminated by small buildings and broken in the middle by the entrance and gates. Along the sides and the back, stone tablets are fixed in the stone rubble walls bearing the names of the dead grouped under their Regiments. It should be added that, although the memorial stands in a cemetery of largely Australian graves, it does not bear any Australian names. The Australian soldiers who fell in France and whose graves are not known are commemorated on the National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux.
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Historical Information: The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names. The memorial encloses POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, Plot II of which contains original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918, carried out by fighting units and field ambulances. The remaining plots were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields immediately surrounding the cemetery, the majority of them of soldiers who died in the Autumn of 1916 during the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme, but a few represent the fighting in August 1918. There are now 2,755 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,375 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery and memorial were designed by W H Cowlishaw.^1,3 Harry was buried after 5 April 1918 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹

     Born in 1867 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ Arthur Skinner was the son of James Skinner and Anne Garner.¹

      Amy was baptised on 11 November 1810 in Litlington, CAM, ENG.¹
     Amy attended the wedding of Samuel Skinner and Mary Cubis in Litlington, CAM, CAM, on Wednesday, 12 October 1831; Samuel Skinner(X) of Wimpole & Mary Cubiss(X) otp sp. Wits: William Newman(X) Amy Cubis(X).¹

      John was baptised on 25 October 1795 in Guilden Morden, Royston, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of John Theobalds and Sarah Harper.¹

     Born in 1871 in Guilden Morden, Royston, CAM, ENG.¹ Mary E Theobalds was the daughter of Simeon Theobalds and Lucy M (-?-).¹

     Born in 1802 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.² Marriage banns for him and Ann Jarman were published on 14 January 1827 in Wimpole, CAM,"Robert Long otp & Ann Jarman of Abingdon."¹
     Robert married Elizabeth Hemmings, daughter of Zachariah Hemmings and Sarah (-?-), on Wednesday, 24 December 1834 in Wimpole, CAM, Robert Long(X) Widr & Elizabeth Hemmings(X) sp botp. Wits: William Rule(X), Amey Christmas.¹

      John was christened on 7 December 1861 in Arrington, CAM, ENG.² He was the son of James Miller and Elizabeth Wilkins.¹ Marriage banns for him and Elizabeth Charter were published on 5 October 1884 in Arrington, CAM, CAM,"John Miller bac & Elizabeth Charter sp botp.²"
     John married, at age 22, Elizabeth Charter, aged 24 , daughter of John Charter and Elizabeth Collin, on Thursday, 16 October 1884 , Emma Miller also attended John Miller(X) of full age bac lab of Arrington, son of James, lab., & Elizabeth Charter of full age sp of Arrington, daur of John, lab. Wits: Edward Hagger, Emma Miller.² John died in April 1889 in Arrington, CAM, CAM, at age 27.² John was buried on 16 April 1889 in Arrington, CAM, CAM. John Miller of Arrington, 26.²

      Anne was baptised on 17 April 1836 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.² She was the daughter of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

      Henry was baptised on 21 March 1841 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.² He was the son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

      William was baptised on 19 March 1843 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.² He was the son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

      George James was baptised on 13 October 1850 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.² He was the son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

      David was baptised on 18 June 1848 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

     David married Fanny (-?-).² Born in June 1853 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ David was baptised on 5 March 1854 in Wimpole, CAM; 9 months old.¹ He was the son of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

      Mary Ann was baptised on 2 June 1856 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

      Eliza Ann was baptised on 24 April 1858 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Long and Elizabeth Hemmings.¹

     Marriage banns for her and Robert Long were published on 14 January 1827 in Wimpole, CAM, ENG,"Robert Long otp & Ann Jarman of Abingdon."¹ Ann died before 1834.¹

      Henry was baptised on 10 February 1800 in Guilden Morden, Royston, CAM, ENG.¹ He was the son of John Theobalds and Sarah Harper.¹ Henry died before 15 September 1825 in Guilden Morden, CAM, CAM.¹ Henry was buried on 15 September 1825 in Guilden Morden, CAM, CAM.¹

      Elizabeth was baptised on 10 October 1802 in Guilden Morden, Royston, CAM, ENG.¹ She was the daughter of John Theobalds and Sarah Harper.¹
     Elizabeth married, at age 32, Joseph Prime on Saturday, 4 July 1835 in Guilden Morden, CAM, CAM, , Simeon Theobalds and Elizabeth Wilson also attended Joseph Prime of Barrington & Elizabeth Theobalds(X) otp. Wits: Simeon Theobalds, John Parrish, Elizabeth Wilson.¹