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Private WILFRED SWIRE

Service Number: 71689
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

146th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

III. F. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Swire, of 102, Erdington Rd., Blackpool. Native of Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILL BIND THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 549
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