Captain Henry Langton Skrine of the Somerset Light Infantry

Reference Number: PP/2274
Level of Description: Item
Title: Captain Henry Langton Skrine of the Somerset Light Infantry
Date: 1998
Extent: Pages: 7
Description: Captain Henry Langton Skrine of the Somerset Light Infantry inherited Claverton and Warleigh manors before his death at Ypres in 1915. At St. Swithin's church, Bathford, there are memorial windows to him and his father while St. Mary's church, Claverton has a memorial brass. These photocopies contain a letter from William Hanna to Barrie Thorpe, Memorial Officer of the WFA regarding the Skrine memorials, press cuttings regarding Skrine's death and a picture of his grave at Railway Wood near Ypres. See Acc. 0217 for records of the Skrine family of Warleigh house, Bathford
Subject: First World War (1914-1918)
War memorials