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Private EDWARD ALFRED SWAIN

Service Number: G/24050
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. E. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rachel H. Swain, of 53, St. George's Rd., West Hill, Hastings.
  • Personal Inscription NEARER MY GOD TO THEE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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