Name
Herbert Eric Skrimshire
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/03/1918
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Garrison Artillery
116th Siege Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
IV. B. 23.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 12 Jan 1891 in Morpeth, Northumberland son of Dr. Frederick William and Eleanor Kate (Bradley) Skrimshire.
Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1900-07 he became a chartered accountant.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Sep 1914 formerly Private, Rifle Brigade and obtained a commission on 9 Apr 1917 in the R.G.A. He died of wounds received at Vimy Ridge.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
