Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rother
- Town
- Winchelsea
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 58407
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Current location
St Thomas the Martyr Church
High Street
Winchelsea
Rother
East Sussex
TN36 4EB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 90510 17350
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular white marble tablet mounted onto a black marble backboard. Inscription in black lettering. A sword and belt are carved in relief at the top of the tablet.
- Inscription
- IN MEMEORY OF/ ALBERT EDWARD SKINNER/ KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS,/ SON OF ROBERT V.SKINNER, SURGEON OF THIS PLACE,/ WHO DIED AFTER A FEW HOURS ILLNESS FROM CHOLERA,/ AT RAWAL PINDI, EAST INDIA,/ ON AUGUST 7th 1888, AGED 24 YEARS/ "THERE IS A TIME TO BE BORN AND A TIME TO DIE" ECCLES. 111.2.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Skinner, Albert Edward
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Winchelsea Parochial Church Council have appointed a Custodian. Please contact UKNIWM for details.
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