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Private JOSEPH SWIFT

Service Number: 27287
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

V. E. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and the late Ellen Swift, of Rainhill, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription LET ME BE WITH THEE WHERE THOU ART MY SAVIOUR MY ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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