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Serjeant CHARLES JAMES SWAIN

Service Number: 200277
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

X. C. 15.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Maud E. Swain, of 49, Boley Rd., East Ham, London.
  • Personal Inscription THY MEMORY EVER DEAR WITH THOSE AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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