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Gunner W J SWIFT

Service Number: 347544
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

4th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

VI. G. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Selina Swift, of Birmingham; husband of Clara Jane Swift, of 111, Sandy Lane, Camp Hill, Birmingham, England.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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