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• Name SWINDELLS
• Initials J
• First name JOHN
• Place of birth Heaton Norris
• Country Cheshire, England
• Family Son of William and Letitia Swindells, of 8, Rhyl St., Heaton Norris, Stockport.
• Extra info Two brohters, Will and Sam, also served abroad during WWI. Two sisters were married.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 1916
• Service number 205049
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
• Division - Brigade 42nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 14th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Joined in 1916 the local reserve Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment (n°3112); later number 266069; transferred to the Shorpshires in 1917

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 19 October 1917
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - A - 13

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