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Dvr. James W. Swaine
British Army 39th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.9th Jun 1916)
James Swaine served with the Royal Field Artillery 39th Brigade. He was executed for desertion 09/06/1916 and buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, French Extension, Bully-Grenay, France.
Soldiers executed by the British Army during World War I will be honoured on a memorial, 90 years after their deaths. Driver James Swaine was shot for being a deserter. Driver Swaine was killed despite being declared unfit by doctors.
His grandson Terry Morrish only found out about his grandfather's death in 1979: "I was never told anything. I grew up believing my step-grandfather was my real grandfather."