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Private GEORGE SWIFT

Service Number: 62783
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

II. P. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Adopted son of Mary Ellen Fox, of 40, Talbot Row, Bradford Rd., Batley, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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