SWAIN Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    SWAIN
  • Service Number:
    M2202866
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Army Service Corps
  • Unit:
    695th Motor Transport Compan
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    34
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Katapahar New Cemetery, Jalapahar. Commemorated on Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India, Face 26.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Mary Swain; husband of Louisa Swain, of Middleton Lane, Yaxley, Huntingdonshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

SWAIN Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Belbroughton Holy Trinity Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as T Swain.

Further Information About SWAIN Ernest

Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 30th November 1918:
Mrs Swain of Bell End, Belbroughton, has received information of the death of her husband, Corporal Ernest Swain, Army Service Corps, Motor Transport Section.  He enlisted in August 1916 and went to India in April 1917.
The report includes a photograph of Ernest Swain

1911 Census:
32 Uplands Road, Smethwick
Ernest Swain, head, age 27, Carpenter, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Louisa Swain, wife, age 31, married 2 years, born Stilton, Huntingdonshire

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Credits: Casualty identified and researched by Andy Frisby.