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Gunner W R SWAN

Service Number: 125565
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

156th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY

V. A. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Elizabeth Swan (nee Laidlaw), of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Buried or commemorated at

COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 404
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