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Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Birth:
January 4, 1887
Stappleford, Essex, England
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Quebec, Québec
Death:
April 17, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. J. 23.
Additional information
Son of Harry and Eleanor Sworder of Edmonds, British Columbia. Husband of Emily Murial Sworder of Maidenhead, England. Brother of Gerald, Maud and Lieutenant Malcolm Sworder, Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment, who died on 18 March 1918.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
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Attestation Paper
At age 14, Norman was a cadet at Thames Nautical Training Ship for Officers H M S Worcester. His parents and siblings emigrated in 1910 and settled in New Westminster, B. C. and he arrived later in 1913. He and his two brothers enlisted in the army at Valcartier. P.Q., in 1914. At the time of his death Norman was attached to the RFC as was his brother, Malcolm, who was killed one month earlier. Their brother Gerald survived the war. -
Cemetery
La Targette British Cemetery (CWGC) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Lieutenant Norman Sworder
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Lieutenant Norman Sworder
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Lieutenant Norman Sworder
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 509 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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