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Sergeant BERNARD SHADE SWAINSTON

Service Number: 1699589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

149 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUWAART CHURCHYARD

Coll. grave 4-6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hilda Swainston, and stepson of Albert James Watson, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUWAART CHURCHYARD
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 6
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