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Leading Stoker DOUGLAS CHARLES SWADLING

Service Number: P/SKX1146
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Wolfe.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 7.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Alice May Swadling, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED. GOOD NIGHT, "SOTCH" GOD BLESS. DAD, MUM AND GORDON
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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