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Major THOMAS ANTHONY STEWART SWINBURNE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOVES WEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Three times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Legion of Honour (France). Son of Col. Swinburne, of Pontop, and Louise Gertrude Stewart. Born at Ingliston, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH
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Buried or commemorated at

BOVES WEST COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 61
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