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Private JOHN SWAN

Service Number: 10571562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1945

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTENDE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 9. Row 11. Grave 22.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Isabella Swan, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR ONE, AND TAKE THY REST, THOU ART BASKING IN THE SAVIOUR'S LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTENDE NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 432
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