BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS SWINN (1859-1924) & JESSIE RICHARDS (1864-1926), OF 163, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HIS WIFE WAS ANNIE CALDWELL (1895-1980). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, DOROTHY & LIVED AT 8, SYDNEY GROVE, HOLMES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/03/1918, AGED 27.
BURIED AT FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “DUTY NOBLY DONE HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP AND THE PEACE THAT PASSETH ALL UNDER STANDING”.
NOTE THAT HIS BROTHER, SIGNALLER, JOHN WILLIAM SWINN, RFA, IS LISTED ON HULL’S NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
10417
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
06/03/1918
Place died:
FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
27
8, SYDNEY GROVE, HOLMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
