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Private SAM SWIFT

Service Number: 203907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

V. B. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Swift, of 16, Charles St., Primrose Hill, Wakefield, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS >>> KEEPING LEAVE OUR LOVED ONE STILL >>> SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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