Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Southsea Common

 

 

Remembered on: Island (Bailiwick) Memorial, St Peter Port, Guernsey St Peter Port Parish Memorial, Guernsey

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

Able Seaman Albin Samuel Skin
Royal Navy. H.M.S. "Good Hope"
01/11/1914

Son of Mr Harry Skin & Mrs Mary Skin , formerly a grower and carpenter, of La Ramée, St Peter Port. Brother of Cecil C Skin.

Killed in action, aged 25 years

H.M.S. Good Hope

Sunk during the battle of Coronel, 01/11/1914.
Destroyed by shellfire by Scharnhorst