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HARRY CHARLES SWYERS

Died : 11 Mar 1917

Rank : Private

Service no at death: 26745

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Surname:	SWYERS
Forename:	HARRY CHARLES
Initials:	H C
Date of Birth	1882
Place of Birth	Sturminster Marshall
Place of Birth Source	1911 Census
Address	Newton, Sturminster Marshall
Schools attended

Employment / trade	1901 Plate layer on railway 1911 Wood labourer
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of James and Jane Swyers
Spouse Name	Emily Smith (m. 1902 Hampreston)
Notes	Harry Swyers original grave marker is illustrated on the Sturminster Marshall Village History website

Regiment at call-up	Dorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	18733
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Dorchester
Source	UK soldiers who died

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Decorations and awards
Other service details
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Service facts

Age at death	17
Date of death	11 Mar 1917
Regiment at death	Duke of Edinburgh (Wilts)
Battalion at death	2nd Bn.
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death
Service no at death	26745
Field of action at death	France & Flanders
Place of death

Location of grave	Agny Military Cemetery
Position	Plot 1 Row E Grave 5
Other memorials	Sturminster Marshall War Memorial
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