Captain William Clinton Skeet and Lt John Richard Skeet

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Reference WMO/287086

Address:

The Lightbox

Chobham Road

Woking

GU21 4AA

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Cast bronze plaque mounted on to a wooden backboard. The inscription, in raised capital lettering, is flanked by a foliate border and the top corners include the emblems of the West Yorkshire Regiment and the London Regiment. Original l;ocation not stated but there is a memorial from Woking Congregational Church in the same museum so that might be a clue.
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IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM CLINTON SKEET/ CAPTAIN 12TH WEST/ YORKSHIRE REGIMENT/ WHO WAS KILLED/ IN ACTION AT TILLOY/ NEAR ARRAS/ ON APRIL 9TH 1917/ AGED 24 YEARS./ JOHN RICHARD SKEET/ LIEUT 1ST BATTN 2ND LONDON/ REGIMENT WHO/ WAS KILLED AT/ HANGARD WOOD/ NEAR AMIENS ON/ APRIL 17 1918/ AGED 22 YEARS/ THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY THOSE WHO LOVED/ THEM & WHOSE HEARST THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER/ NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS, NOTHING TO WAIL/ OR KNOCK THE BREAST. NOTHING BUT WELL & FAIR/ WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE

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