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2612729 Lance-Corporal William Albert SWALLOW, 3 Grenadier Guards: 27/05/1940

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    Army Number: 2612729
    Rank: Lance-Corporal
    Name: William Albert SWALLOW
    Unit: Grenadier Guards
     
    Last edited: May 5, 2023
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    Name: William Albert Swallow . Date of Birth: 06/02/1910 . Place of Birth: London . ... | The National Archives
    WO 416/351/185
    Name: William Albert Swallow.
    Date of Birth: 06/02/1910.
    Place of Birth: London.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: [Lance-Corporal.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards].
    Service Number: 2612729.
    Date of Capture: [unspecified].
    Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
    Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
    PoW number: [unspecified].
    Date of Death: 27/05/1940.
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 0.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 2.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
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    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2775937/william-albert-swallow/
    LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM ALBERT SWALLOW
    Service Number: 2612729
    Regiment & Unit: 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards

    Date of Death: Died 27 May 1940
    Age 30 years old
    Buried or commemorated at COMINES (KOMEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: British Plot. Grave 66.
    Location: Belgium
    Additional Info: Son of William B. and Ada Swallow; husband of Lily Selina Sarah Esther Swallow, of Malden, Essex.
    His brother James David also fell.
     
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