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Private JOSEPH SWAILES

Service Number: 204344
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VII. C. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Rebecca Swailes, of Whitehaven, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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