Swan G Pte 15479 1st Royal Fusiliers
SWAN, GEORGE, Private, No. 15479, 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau, of Robert Fairweather; b. Bathgate, co. Linlithgow, 25 Aug. 1878; educ. Bathgate Academy; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 5 Nov. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899-1902, with the 1st Battn. (Queen’s medal with five clasps); transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers in 1913; went to France, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 18 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried there. His brother, Pioneer James Blair Swan, was killed in action at the same place (see following notice).
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1