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Roy Lockart MCSKIMMING (1909-1940)

Name: Roy Lockart MCSKIMMING
Sex: Male
Father: John SKIMMING (1880-1932)
Mother: Margaret Livingston JAMIESON (1877-1939)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 23 Nov 1909 Garlieston, Wigtownshire
Death 30 Dec 1940 (age 31) Holderness, Yorkshire

Individual Note

Roy joined the Army after leaving school and and served in Palestine, when he was discharged he lived in Castle Douglas with his mother and was a Janitor at Castle Douglas school for a couple of years.

He was recalled to the army at the start of world war 2 and served in France with the Cameron Highlanders.

Roy died in Holderness, near Hull in 1940 while still serving in the army and shortly after being evacuated from Dunkirk.

He is buried in Castle Douglas Cemetery.