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Robert Robert Skeggs
Munition WorkerBiography
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Robert James Skeggs (James Skeggs)
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 2nd August 1879, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Date and Place of Death: 1947, Surrey North Western
Nationality: British
Childhood: 1881 with his parents James & Eliza living in Brook Lane, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. His father worked as a brickmakers labourer.
Parents: James & Eliza Skeggs
Parent’s occupations: Father worked in various occupations including gardener & brickmakers labourer.
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: He attended Dewhurst Endowed Boys School, Cheshunt, 1891 school records with his birth date matching to that given on the 1939 Register.
Occupation: Gardener
Place of residence at Gretna: 9 Q East, Eastriggs
Job title at Gretna: Munition Worker
Marital status: Married Rosa Evangeline nee Smithers on 9 December 1914. They married at Waltham Abbey Holy Cross & St Lawrence Church.
Children: One
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
By 1901, Robert was working as a nursery labourer, same occupation as his father.
1911, Robert was working as a gardener in Cheshunt, but as a boarder with another family.
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