Location
In White House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Description
Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : I. B. 26.
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Headstone
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Inscription
LIEUTENANT
C.D.D. SWAIN
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
29TH SEPTEMBER 1917 AGED 25
†
R.I.P.
Further Information
Charles Douglas Downs Swain
Son of Charles Sanchez de P. Swain and Rose Swain (née Downs) of Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Born : 1893, Demerara, British Guiana.
Census information
1901 Charles and Rose Swain, with their son [Charles] Douglas, aged 8 are at 21, Waverley Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Charles Swain is a retired Captain (Colonial Forces).
1911 Charles and Rose Swain, with their son Charles, aged 18 are at 22, Marion Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Charles Swain snr is a retired Captain (Colonial Forces); Charles Swain jnr is a Lieutenant, R.F.A.(T).
CWGC record ...
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorial(s) :
County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle
Ryde Borough War Memorial WW I
Ryde All Saints Church War Memorial
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