Private S/12051 John Sidney Swift
Regiment/Unit: Gordon Highlanders -
Theatre of War: Home
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 01/11/1915
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 30th of December 1916
Born: Haydock, Lancs
Resided: Earlestown, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Haydock St James the Great Churchyard - B. 64.
BMD details:
Baptism: 19 Apr 1896 St James, Haydock, Lancashire, England John Sidney Swift - [Child] of William Swift & Elizabeth Ann Abode: 312 Blackbrook Rd., Haydock Occupation: Plasterer Baptised by: A. E. Hall, Assistant Curate Register: Baptisms 1877 - 1899, Page 250, Entry 2000 Source: LDS Film 1885722
Census details:
1901 - 5 years old John S is living at 312 Blackbrook Road, St Helens with parents William ( a plasterer 48), Elizabeth A (40) and seven siblings: Elizabeth (17), Willie (13), May (11), Edith (6), Gertie (3), Maggie (2), Alfred (3 mths). 1911 - Sees 15 years old 'Servant' Sidney staying at Griffin Hotel, Earlestown, Lancashire. Widowed father William and siblings are living at 11 Sankey Street, Earlestown, Lancs. John Sidney is shown as 'Sidney' in the 1911 census.
Notes:
[note=202]Two Swift Brothers who died in the Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=202]Two Swift Brothers who died in the Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
Discharged 24/10/1916 - Medically Unfit.
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[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/S-1251_Swift_2.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private John Sidney Swift at Haydock (St James the Great) Churchyard
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
