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Private ALEXANDER SWANSON

Service Number: S/24046
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

"E" Coy. 7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. C. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Catherine Oman Swanson, of 51, Durness St., Thurso, Caithness. Enlisted May,1917.
  • Personal Inscription HONOUR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM STRENGTH AND BEAUTY ARE IN HIS SANCTUARY. PSL. 96.6
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Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 805
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