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Private WILLIAM CHARLES SWIFT

Service Number: G/2040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. E. 20.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. W. Swift, of 32, Thornford Rd., Lewisham, London;.
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Buried or commemorated at

DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 459
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