Lieutenant Albert Thomas Skill
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Skill,
Albert Thomas
Date of birth: 1882-05-22
Place of birth: Hamilton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Edith Watson Skill, wife. 24 Walker Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Mining Recorder
Address:
Haileybury, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-10-26
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(58th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lieutenant, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-07-14 ?
- Captain (Army). 1917-01-30 to 1917-07-13
- Captain (Army). 1916-08-08 to 1917-01-29
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-02-15 to 1916-08-07
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: 3rd Battle of Ypres in the vicinity of Wieltje
Awards
British War Medal
Victory Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1596037
LAC ID:
232594
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B8961-S036
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Richard Skill; husband of Edith Watson Thompson (formerly Skill) of 70 Walker Avenue, Toronto.
Previously served in the 97th Regiment for 6 years. An article in the New Liskeard (Temiskaming) Speaker dated November 15, 1917 noted that he had reverted from a Captain to a Lieutenant in order to go to France.
Uploader's Research notes:
The information regarding the death comes from the 58th Battalion war diary.
159th Battalion Nominal Roll (as Captain)
[Captain Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Captain Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Victory Medal British War Medal ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-03-13