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Lance Corporal R S SWAIN

Service Number: 51642
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XIV. A. 5.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Swain, of 67, Mauldeth Rd., Withington, Manchester, and the late Martha Swain.
  • Personal Inscription TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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