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Private J V F SWANSTON

Service Number: 12800
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. B. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Catherine Swanston, of 84, Scott St., Galashiels.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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