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James Stewart Swain

In memory of:

Lance Corporal James Stewart Swain

August 13, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

425386

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 15, 1890

Son of William Robert and Mary Swain, of Lockport, Manitoba; husband of Ann Swain, of 551, Hornby St., Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 509 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

V. C. 16.

Location:

Vignacourt is a village in the Department of the Somme on the west of the road from Amiens to Doullens. The VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is on the road to Fleselles.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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