Lance Corporal 9476 Harry Swanton
Regiment/Unit: Border Regiment - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: Gallipoli
Theatre of War First Served: 2(b)
Date Entered Therein: 17/05/1915
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 21st of August 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Liverpool, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Helles Memorial - Panel 119 to 125 or 222 and 223.
Family details:
Father: Harry
Census details:
1891 - Not found. 1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 21 years old 'Private' Harry serving with the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment and based at Martinique Barrack, Bordon, Alton.
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/9476HarrySwanton.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/Swanton-Andrews_Borders.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Lance Corporal Harry Swanton
(Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]
