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Lieutenant JOHN ANTHONY PATRICK SWANN

Service Number: 27338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 5. Row A. Grave 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold Matthew and Mary Swann, Herne, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription FIDELIUM ANIMAE PER MISERICORDIAM DEI REQUIESCANT IN PACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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