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Lance Serjeant FRANCIS SWAIN

Service Number: 2616493
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

53. C. 18.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin William and Hannah Swain; husband of Betty Swain, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISS HIS SMILE, HIS CHERRY WAYS. WE MISS THE THINGS HE USED TO SAY
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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