Swan George Edward Pte 4456629

Personnel Entry

Pte G E Swan's CWGC headstone.

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.
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