https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/graves/UK/skeates_No5/ LCpl Albert Charles Skeates. Photo courtesy of Phil Eyden.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:21:28 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/42442-4/skeates_No5.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/graves/UK/skeates_No5/ https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/graves/UK/skeates_No5/Skeates+envelope+St+Mary+in+Castro.jpg.html https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/Commando+War+Graves+Memorials+and+Plaques/graves/UK/skeates_No5/Skeates+envelope+St+Mary+in+Castro.jpg.html
"Yesterday, I was up the church at Dover Castle having a last look at the garrison burial, baptism and marriage records before they are shipped off to Canterbury Cathedral for safekeeping forever. At the back of the burial register I found a brown envelope addressed to Major George Parsons, Forces Chaplain and postmarked 18th August 1939. Inside were two internment certificates and five body disposal certificates all for unidentified men whose bodies had been recovered from the sea during the Dunkirk evacuation. One internment certificate was for 20 year old 1st Class Aircraftsman Lambert Howarth who was killed on 16th September 1940 when a cross channel shell hit his barrage balloon station on the seafront.

On the back of the envelope I was surprised to find Albert Skeates' details. Major Parsons must have jotted these down before formerly entering them onto the burial register." Phil Eyden - March 2016
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Albert Skeates was initially taken to the Duke of Yorks Military School before being taken to St. James's Cemetery for burial. The Armed Forces Chaplain administering the funeral was George Edward Parsons.
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In memory of 1871381 Lance Corporal ALBERT CHARLES SKEATES,
Royal Engineers and No5 Commando,
who died 1 November 1940
Remembered with honour at DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY.

Information update 13/2/2012:
Lance Corporal Skeates of No.6 Troop was killed late afternoon on the 1st November 40 by shrapnel from an exploding shell whilst walking along the Dover-Deal road somewhere between a crossroads and a junction. He was given a military funeral at St. James' Cemetery in Dover at 15:00 on the 4th November. Information taken from No5 Cdo War Diaries
Photo and information courtesy of Phil Eyden, posted by Nick Collins.
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