Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Ernest Albert Skerrey
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 2258
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 4th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 36
- Date of Death: 25.09.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Loos Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 78 to 83
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Wolverhampton
- Address:
- Occupation: Peoples Journal, London
- Mother:
- Father:
J Skerrey, 48 Glengall Rd, Peckham, London
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Katherine Skerrey (nee Timothy) 38 David Rd, Stoke, Coventry
- Children:
More about Ernest Albert Skerrey
Ernest has no known grave but is remembered on the Loos Memorial. He was the son on Mr & Mrs J Skerrey, 48 Glengall Rd, Peckam, London. He is listed as Skerry on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.
Ernest Albert Skerry 2258 Black Watch
A BRAVE JOURNALIST.
TACKLES GROUP OF GERMANS SINGLE-HANDED.
In a letter received in Dundee on Monday from a member of the 4th Black Watch, a splendid tribute is paid to the gallantry of Corporal Ernest Skerry, of that battalion, who is reported missing. The writer states that Skerry was last seen tackling single-handed a group of Germans who “simply swarmed round him.” “He fought heroically on that awful day, behaving like a born leader.”
Corporal Skerry was a member of the literary staff of the “People’s Journal,” and joined the “Fourth” on the outbreak of the war. He is a native of London.
Dundee People’s Journal 16th October 1915
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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