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Private F R SWAIN

Service Number: 43695
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

X. A. 10.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Henry and Sarah Jane Swain, of Lynn, nr. Lichfield, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription COME WEARY SOUL FROM WAR AND VIGIL CEASE
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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