Edwin Vincent Brinley Skinner

Private Brinley Skinner, Service Number: 14567335 , served in the Welch Regiment. He killed in action on 9th of February, 1945, aged 20. He is buried in Reichwld Forest Cemetery, Germany.


It was very exciting to find these newspaper cuttings a put a few faces to the names we have grown to know so well. 

Without social media, families would use newspaper announcements like this one to report the deaths of their loved ones.