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Corporal WILLIAM RICHARD SWASH

Service Number: 941960
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 6.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Swash, of Doncaster, Yorkshire; husband of Nora Swash, of Doncaster.
  • Personal Inscription I CANNOT SAY HE IS DEAD, WITH A SMILE HE HAS WANDERED INTO AN UNKNOWN LAND
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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