The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Swain

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Private Albert James SWAIN, L/8834, 2nd Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of Brights Disease, at Landi Kotal, Pakistan, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force,  26th July 1915.

Born Woolwich, Kent, son of Thomas James & Mary Ann Swain, 124 Hudson Road, Plumstead, Kent / 39 High Street, Plumstead SE / 99 Victoria Dock Road, Tidal Basin, Essex.

Brothers - Thomas William Swain; George Swain; Arthur Ernest Swain.

Previously served in Royal West Kent Regiment, Militia.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 1 month, height 5ft 6¾, weight 115lbs, pale complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.  Resided 124 Hudson Road, Plumstead, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home 9th December 1907 to 30th November 1908; India 1st December 1908 to 26th July 1915.

9th December 1907, enlisted; 11th February 1908, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 18th March 1908, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th May 1908, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 15th October 1908, passed fit for Service in India; 1st December 1908 posted India & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th July 1910 to 22nd October 1910 & from 29th November 1910 to 18th August 1914, qualified typist & radio telegraphist.

1911 Census - Military, India - Albert James Swain, Private, age 22, single, 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Woolwich, Kent.

Buried Peshawar (Right) B.C. XXIX. 4. Commemorated at Delphi Memorial (India Gate), Face 23, India.

NOTE: Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War both spell last name SWAIN; CWGC web site shows it as SWAINE.