The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal A E Swain

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Lance Corporal Albert Ewart SWAIN, G/31750, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Border Regiment, Service No 31750 / 33090, R.F.C.),  killed in action, Flanders France, 7th September 1918, age 30.

1887, born Brighton, Sussex, son of George & Ruth Swain.

30th June 1895, St Bartholomew, Brighton, Sussex, baptism of Albert Ewart Swain, son of George, (tailor), & Ruth Swain, 37 Ann Street, Brighton, Sussex.

1909 December Quarter, Lewes Registration District, Albert Ewart Swain married Amelia Hannah P. Heavens, (born 22nd April 1888),  6, Greystone Buildings, South Street, Eastbourne, Sussex.

1911 Census - 39 Clarence Road, Eastbourne, Sussex - Albert Ewart Swain, head, age 23, married, tailor, ladies, worker, born Brighton, Sussex; Amelia Hannah Swain, wife, age 22, married 1 year, no children, born Lewes, Sussex; Ethel Maud Heavens, sister in law, age 15, single, milliner, worker, born Lewes, Sussex.

Enlisted Chelsea, London, SW.  Resided 39 Clarence Road, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, III. E. 22., Vend'huile, France. / Eastbourne Roll of Honour