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James Swanston

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Home: Ingram
Date of death: 1 June 1940
Age at death: 27 years
Fate: Died during the retreat to Dunkirk
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 2757161
Unit/Regiment: 6th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Buried: Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery, Belgium (Cemetery/memorial reference: Row B. Grave 2). James is also commemorated on a memorial plaque at Ingram Church, UK.
Other: Husband of Mary Swanston.

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plaque at Ingram church re 1939-1945 c. G Williamson

1939-1945 Memorial Plaque in Ingram Church, UK

CEM24 Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery, Belgium CWGC image

Warneton (Waasten) Communal Cemetery, Belgium (image courtesy of CWGC)
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