Memorial

Sergeant E Swire

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Keighley Road Cemetery, Keighley Road, Colne, Pendle, Lancashire, BB8 0QF, England

SD 947 401

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 42501
Description: CROSS
Inscription: ANDREW SWIRE WHEAT CLOSE COLNE D SEPT 11TH 1916 AGED 59 YEARS/ ALSO ERNEST, SGT U.P.S.R.F./ THIRD SON OF THE ABOVE/ KILLED IN ACTION JULY 20TH 1916/ AGED 27 YEARS/ MARGARET WIFE OF ANDREW SWIRE D MARCH 3RD 1943 IN HER 87TH YEAR

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships