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Military service
Service number:
803015
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
August 10, 1897
Death:
March 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Skelly, of 141, Tecumseh Avenue, London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of LAWRENCE RUSSELL SKELLY
Pte Lawrence Skelly 135th Btn as shown in the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Medal
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
Digital gallery of
Private Lawrence Russell Skelly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 326 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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