Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Chichester
Town
Egdean
County
West Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16645

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Current location

Between Petworth and Fittleworth
signposted 'Egdean Church'
St Bartholomew's Church
Off A283
Egdean
Chichester
West Sussex
RH20 1JU
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 99660 20090
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Tablet of pink marble with green marble surround. Left panel bears badge of the London Scottish Regiment. Right panel has a shield showing the Arms of the Skinner family.
Inscription
TOP: TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF LEFT HAND PANEL: HENRY SEYMOUR SKINNER/ PTE LONDON SCOTTISH REGT./ YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE/ COL. T.H. SKINNER BORN 2 JULY 1895/ DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN/ ACTION ON 13 SEPT 1916 DURING/ THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME &/ IS BURIED IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY (SIC, ACCORDING TO FIELDWORKER)/ CORBIE, FRANCE/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ HIS SOUL TO GOD RIGHT HAND PANEL: COLONEL THEODORE/ HENRY SKINNER/ LATE 8TH THE KING'S REGIMENT/ AND 3RD BATTALION KING'S OWN/ YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ OF GOREHILL, PETWORTH/ DIED 15TH OCTOBER 1914
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Skinner, Henry Seymour
Skinner, Theodore Henry
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 980MM, width 440MM
    Materials: Marble
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • CWGC - www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/21908/skinner,-/
  • West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 07 June 1917 The Bishop of Chichester was to dedicate a memorial at Egdean Church on 24th June 1917 but cannot find any later reference so cannot confirm if it was this one.

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