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Private Harry SWAN, G/991, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916.

Born Longfield, Dartford, Kent, son of Harry & Charlotte Swan, 2 Mabel Cottages, Longfield, Kent.

1911 Census -  2 Mabel Cottages, Longfield, Kent - Charlotte Swan, head, age 46, widow, married 16 years, 5 children, all still alive, charwoman, worker, at home born Longfield, Kent; Harry Swan, son, age 15, single, houseboy, domestic, worker, born Longfield, Kent; George Swan, son, age 13, single, school, born Longfield, Kent; Clarence Swan, son, age 10, school, born Longfield, Kent; Leslie Swan, son, age 8, school, born Longfield, Kent; Alfred Swan, son, age 4, school, born Longfield, Kent.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 19 years & 1 day, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 150lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair.

Home 2nd September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 3rd July 1916.

2nd September 1914, enlisted; 3rd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 14th October 1915, gassed; 15th October 1915, 38 Field Ambulance, diarrhoea & vomiting; 15th October 1915, Cled? Hospital, diarrhoea & vomiting; 17th October 1915, 73 Cled? Station; 18th October 1915, C Depot, Wimereux; 23rd November 1915, Base Details, Wimereux; 30th November 1915, Etaples, 12 Infantry Base Depot; 18th December 1915, rejoined Battalion; 3rd July 1916, posted missing.

17th September 1915, Charlotte Swan, died age 57, 2 Mabel Cottages, Longfield, Kent, widow of Harry Swan, a brickfield labourer, cause of death - pulmonary tuberculosis, Informant - Albert Whitehead, brother, in attendance, Mile End Green, near Dartford.

25th July 1919, Statement of Relatives, addressed to No.37706. 2nd Class Stoker, George Swan ONR, HMS Kennett?, c/o The Secretary of the Admiralty, Whitehall, (completed by Mrs Emily Baker, (Aunt), Mile End Green, near Dartford, Kent - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, deceased; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Claris? Swan, age 19, Whih Hill, Longfield; Lesley Swan, age 16, Isle of White, ??????; Alfred Swan, age 13, Shaly Scholl, Croydon; Sisters - none; Grandparents / Nephews Nieces / Uncles Aunts - entries all unreadable.

8th August 1919, letter to Infantry Records from George Swan, c/o Mrs Baker, Mile End Green, near Dartford, Kent - " I received your memorandum. I am writing to let you know that George Swan is the eldest brother of the late Harry Swan the reason I did not out it on the Army Form W5080 as I thought it was not nesesary."

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, France.