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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Orroroo South Australia [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

London England [5]

Mornington Victoria [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Leicester [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Bearsted, Kent [3]

Birmingham [3]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [3]

Freshfield, Lancashire, England [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Lancashire [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Manchester [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Nowra New South Wales [3]

Sheffield England [3]

Wexford [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Dronin Victoria [2]

Garstang, Lancashire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Halton, Yorkshire [2]

Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset [2]

Maidstone, Kent, England [2]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Ballinrot, Co. Mayo [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [1049]

Gunner [106]

Driver [94]

Corporal [83]

Sapper [62]

Serjeant [59]

Lance Corporal [40]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Acting Corporal [22]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Captain [9]

Bombardier [8]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Guardsman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bandsman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Private /Acting Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Worker [2]

1st Corporal [1]

2nd Sapper [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Commander [1]

Dame [1]

Driver/Wheeler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [136]

Royal Engineers [120]

Army Service Corps [117]

Royal Field Artillery [114]

York and Lancaster Regiment [61]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58]

Machine Gun Corps [55]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Liverpool Regiment [48]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

London Regiment [33]

South Lancashire Regiment [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

West Riding Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [18]

South Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Tank Corps [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Training Reserve Battalion [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1530]

Royal Navy [153]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [99]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98]

Australian Imperial Force [83]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [2012]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1971]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Australia [3]

France [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Sheffield, Yorkshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Orroroo South Australia [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] London England [5] Mornington Victoria [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Leicester [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Bearsted, Kent [3] Birmingham [3] Brighouse, Yorkshire [3] Freshfield, Lancashire, England [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Lancashire [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Manchester [3] Marylebone, London [3] Nowra New South Wales [3] Sheffield England [3] Wexford [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Battersea, London [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Chiswick, London [2] Dronin Victoria [2] Garstang, Lancashire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Halton, Yorkshire [2] Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset [2] Maidstone, Kent, England [2] Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Nottingham [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Saint Helens, Lancashire [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Ballinrot, Co. Mayo [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [1049] Gunner [106] Driver [94] Corporal [83] Sapper [62] Serjeant [59] Lance Corporal [40] Second Lieutenant [28] Acting Corporal [22] Lieutenant [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [11] Captain [9] Bombardier [8] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Guardsman [4] Able Seaman [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Major [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bandsman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Private /Acting Corporal [2] Trooper [2] Trumpeter [2] Worker [2] 1st Corporal [1] 2nd Sapper [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Canteener [1] Commander [1] Dame [1] Driver/Wheeler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [136] Royal Engineers [120] Army Service Corps [117] Royal Field Artillery [114] York and Lancaster Regiment [61] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58] Machine Gun Corps [55] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Liverpool Regiment [48] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Manchester Regiment [38] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] London Regiment [33] South Lancashire Regiment [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] Royal Fusiliers [29] Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] West Riding Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [21] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Leicestershire Regiment [18] South Staffordshire Regiment [18] Tank Corps [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [16] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Canadian Infantry [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Welsh Regiment [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Training Reserve Battalion [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1530] Royal Navy [153] Canadian Expeditionary Force [99] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98] Australian Imperial Force [83] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [2012] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1971] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Australia [3] France [1]

James Stuart Swift

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 12/1064 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 12/1064 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 12/1064 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion

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Richard Neville Swift

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 305078 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2418 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 305078 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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James Swift

Born 1886

British Army 39196 Private Labour Corps

British Army TR/3/4969 Training Reserve 49th Battalion

British Army 39196 Private Labour Corps

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William Swift

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 45434 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harold Swift

Born 1887

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2019

Australian Imperial Force 2019 10th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2019 50th Btn

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William Swift

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 241859 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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Harold Danby Swift

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7306 Private Australian Infantry 15th Battalion

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Thomas Swift

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2159 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Frank Ernest Swift

Born 1897

British Army 27387 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Robert James Swift

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3474 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Swift

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 5971 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur William Swift

Born 1881

British Army 17237 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 19473 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Swift

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 1136 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1136 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Walter Swift

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 13/890 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion

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Charles Edward Swift

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 18442 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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George Ernest Swift

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 8157 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23/47 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 8157 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Swift

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 36401 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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James Charles Swift

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288562

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Thomas William Swift

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208060

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Arthur Haydn Swift

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288411

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