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Second Lieutenant NORMAN SWINNEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. D. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Swinney, of Northfield Villa, Morpeth, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR BOY AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO HIM AND DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 768
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