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Private RICHARD JOHN SWAIN

Service Number: 8612
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. D. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Ann and the late Richard John Swain, of Bradford-on-Tone. Taunton, Somerset.

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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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