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Lieutenant Colonel JOSEPH LEONARD SWAINSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 72.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Swainson, of Stonecross, Kendal.
  • Personal Inscription GRANT US O LORD LIKE HIM TO LIVE BELOVED BY MAN APPROVED BY THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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