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Captain WILLIAM SWAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Esther J. Swan, of Saltwell Grove, East Park Rd., Gateshead-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

RIBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 295
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