Skinner, Herbert Clarence
photo from Horace Arrand - Scotter football team (1920-21 season) ; Bert sat extreme right
Herbert Clarence Skinner ('Bert')
66168 Private, 'F' Company, 3rd Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Born 26th April 1896 in Scotter
Son of Thomas (a farmer from Scotter) and Mary Elizabeth (nee Hicks of Lincoln)
Played football for Scotter
Married Agnes Maud King at the Primitive Methodist Chapel on 23rd July 1924
Member of Scotter cricket club
Pall bearer at the funeral of Fred Butler (West face) in 1939
A Scotter ARP Warden in World War Two
Became a lorry driver
Drove cattle wagons for Ernest Bird
Keen supporter of Scotter Brass Band; regularly attended rehearsals at the Village Institute
In later life lived at Dudley Road, Brigg
Payed for Brigg Bowls Club
Died 9th October 1973 aged 77
Parents buried in the churchyard