Driver T4/142884 William Swift
Regiment/Unit: Royal Army Service Corps - 21st Div. Train
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 18th of February 1918
Born: Haydock, Lancs
Resided: Radcliffe, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tincourt New British Cemetery - IV. F. 7.
BMD details:
Marriage: 24/10/1907 William SWIFT to Edith HEYES at Sutton St Nicholas CE
Census details:
1891 - 3 years old William is living at Penkfield Brow, Blackbrook with parents William (a house plasterer 37), Elizabeth (29) and five siblings: Mary (9), Elizabeth (7), May (1), Thomas (15), James (10). 1901 - 13 years old William is living at 312 Blackbrook Road, St Helens with parents William (48), Elizabeth A (40) and seven siblings: Elizabeth (17), May (11), Edith (6), John S (5), Gertie (3), Maggie (2), Alfred (3 Mths). 1911 - Sees 23 years old 'Platerer' William living at 264 Blackbrook Road, St Helens with wife Edith (24) and son William Harold (7 mths).
Notes:
[note=202]Two Swift Brothers who died in the Great War[/note]
[note=202]Two Swift Brothers who died in the Great War[/note]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/SwiftW_RAMC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Driver William Swift at Tincourt New British Cemetery
(Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
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[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/S-1251_Swift_2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Driver William Swift at Haydock (St James the Great) Churchyard
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
