52nd Anniversary OF VOLUNTEER SKILLEN MARTIN PATRICK D Company 2nd Batt Belfast Brigade. Provisional IRA Killed on active service 3rd August 1974 Age 21 years RIP Beloved son of the late William and Annie Skillen, brother of the late Kevin, Harry and Eddie and our wee sister Dolores McCloskey. May the angels watch over them. When I must leave you for a little while please do not grieve and shed wild tears and hug your sorrow to you through the years but start out bravely with a gallant smile and for my sake and in my name life on and do all things the same. Feed not your loneliness on empty days but fill each waking hour in useful ways. Reach out your hand in comfort and in cheer and I in turn will comfort you and hold you near and never, never be afraid to die for I am waiting for you all in the sky. Forever loved, missed and proudly remembered by your brothers Willie John, Buster, Andy, Micheal, Robert and Paul, your sisters Anne, Margaret, Geraldine and Rita, all their families at home and abroad xoxo.
