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Sergeant JAMES SWANSON

Service Number: 859086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

43rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEZIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of James and Elizabeth Swanson, of 18, Millbank Rd., Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD,BUT TRUE WE KNOW NOT WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE
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