The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H C Swan

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Private Herbert Cecil SWAN, G/11882, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds,  Belgium, 30th June 1916, age 23.

Born Ipswich, Suffolk, son of George E and Hannah Swan, of 30, Chenery Street, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Enlisted Croydon, Surrey, age 22 years & 6 months, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 130lbs, scar left eyebrow.  Resided 44 Stembridge Road, Anerley, Surrey. Formerly insurance agent.

Home, 10th December 1915 to 17th May 1916; BEF, 19th May 1916 to 30th June 1916.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 22nd January 1916, mobilized; 22nd January 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th April 1916, Shoreham by Sea, overstaying his pass, from midnight until 2.00pm the 27th April 1916, admonished, forfeits one days pay; 18th May 1916, posted BEF; 19th May 1916, embarked & posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion; 30th June 1916, 73rd Field Ambulance, multiple wounds.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow / children, nil; Father, George Swan, 30, Chenery Street, Ipswich; Mother, none; Brothers - Henry James Swan, age 41, 30, Chenery Street, Ipswich; Albert Victor Swan, age 31, Army of (Rhine) occupation; Sisters - Ethel Swan, age 40, 30, Chenery Street, Ipswich; Julia Swan, age 37, 30, Chenery Street, Ipswich; Violet Knibb, age 34, 71 Liverpool Road, Islington, N; Eva Mauson?, age 28, 30, Chenery Street, Ipswich; Elsie Swan, age 26; Grandparents, none; Nephews / Nieces - George Edward Swan, age 11, 6 Deptford Henry: Road, Millwall; Victor ????? Swan, age 2, 120 Herbert Road, ??????; Uncles / Aunts, none.

Buried at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, I. F. 18., Belgium.