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Lance Corporal WILLIAM SWIFT

Service Number: 19032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES

I. C. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Jane Swift, of 58, Barlow St., Kirkdale, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY IS THE ONLY FRIEND THAT GRIEF CAN CALL ITS OWN
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1644
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