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Lance Corporal JOHN SWANSBURY

Service Number: 14879386
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1947

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 24.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Ethel Swansbury, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE WORLD, ONE OF MANY; TO US, ALL THE WORLD. MEMORIES ALWAYS OF A DEAR SON
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Buried or commemorated at

MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 869
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