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Gunner NELSON SWAIN

Service Number: 820413
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

46th Div. Ammunition Col.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. K. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Swain, of 79, Manchester St., Derby.
  • Personal Inscription ONE WE LOVED SO DEARLY FROM MOTHER BROTHERS & SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 981
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