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|Surname and forenames=Swan George Edward | |Surname and forenames=Swan George Edward | ||
|Army number=4456629 | |Army number=4456629 | ||
|Rank= | |Rank=Private. | ||
|Age=19 | |Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, | |Age=19 at the time of his death. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | |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. | ||
|Home address=Son of Alfred and Margaret Swan, Dunston. | |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 | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 19 December 2021
Personnel Entry
Name Swan George Edward
Army number 4456629
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
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.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
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.
Source table 1TS