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Lieutenant CHARLES DOUGLAS DOWNS SWAIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

186th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES

I. B. 26.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Charles S. and Rose Swain, of The Observatory, Melville St., Ryde, Isle of Wight.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1172
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