Swetenham E Lt 2nd Durham Light Infantry

Swetenham E Lt 2nd Durham Light Infantry

SWETENHAM, EDMUND, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., only child of Clement William Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, Congleton, co. Chester, late Lieut., R.N., by his wife, Louisa, yst. dau. of Ralph Creyke, of Rawcliffe and Marton Hall, Yorkshire; b. Somerford Booths aforesaid, 30 April, 1890; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; Army School, Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst: gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at Rue du Bois, near Armentières, 27 Oct. following: unm. Buried there.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

 

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