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Sergeant REX SWAIN

Service Number: 1389005
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

12 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

4. E. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Florence Swain, of Langford, Bedfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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