View source for Swan George Edward Pte 4456629

{{Personnel
|id=1370
|Surname and forenames=Swan George Edward
|Army number=4456629
|Rank=Private.
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|Age=19 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority L. Casualties.
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Company/Battery=C Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 6, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads : IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON, DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER AND FATHER.
|Home address=Son of Alfred and Margaret Swan, Dunston.  
|Image Name=Swan_G_E_4456629.JPG
|Image Title=Pte G E Swan's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
}}