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A/Cpl. John Sweeney
British Army 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Ballycroy, Mayo, Ireland
(d.12th Aug 1917)
John Sweeney was my great uncle. He joined the British Army in December 1914 in Newcastle. He died on or about the 12th of August 1917, this makes me wonder if he was in no man's land. There was a picture of him in my Grandmother's house but unfortunately it no longer exists. Does anyone know if it is possible to get a photo of him or his regiment?
My mother was able to visit John's grave after a period of seventy years, he is buried in Aeroplane Cemetery in Belguim. I would love to know where he would have been on the day of his death, if anyone can help I would really appreciate it.
Sto. John Sweeney
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Vivid
from:Tramore
(d.1st September 1917)
Stoker Sweeney was the husband of Mary Anne Sweeney, of Main St., Tramore.
He was 40 when he died and is buried near the north-east corner of the Corbally Catholic Churchyard, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
Pte John Sweeney
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
Pte. Patrick Sweeney
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Coatbridge
Paddy Sweeney served with the 1/4th Royal Scots Fusiliers
Pte. Patrick Sweeney
British Army 2nd Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Northwich
Pte. W. Sweeney
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.24th Nov 1915)
W. Sweeney served with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in France in 1915. He is buried in Edinburgh, in Newington or Echo Bank Cemetery.
William Henry Sweeney
Canadian Expeditionary Force 103rd Battalion Canadian Scottish
from:Victoria, BC Canada
William joined the CEF in January 1916 at the age of 19 and saw action at the Battle of the Somme. Family legend says he was severely traumatized by what he saw there, including the horrific death of a good friend who died in his arms. William was sent back to England and treated for shell shock but he never fully recovered. He never returned to Canada, and died in hospital in Warrington in Sept 1928 as a result of his war service. This is all the information the family has about William - we don't even know exactly where he is buried. His mother's family was from Warrington, so I suspect he is buried there. Someday I hope to find out more about Great Uncle William, including where he is buried, and to visit his grave.
Pte. James Sweeny
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
James Sweeney did not serve overseas, he was discharged in 1918
Pte. William Francis Sweeny
British Army 48th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
William Sweeny, born Athlone 1877, enlisted with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the late summer of 1917. He was sent to train at Blackpool and went to France via Southampton to serve with 48th Field Ambulance. He was discharged in February 1919.
In 1911 he had been living at 68 Frederick Street, Grays Inn Road and was a public house manager. When he signed up his mother was then living at St Monica's, Belvedere Place, Dublin. She had been a widow since the 1880s and her only other child, a daughter, had died of scarlatina at the age of eight. At least as late as 1901 she was listed as a publican and was still running her husband's business in Church Street, Athlone. His brother, Joseph, had a shop in Mardyke Street. William Francis Sweeny died in Kensington in 1934, aged fifty-seven.
Gnr Richard Bartholomew Sweet
British Army "A" Bty. 210th Bde Royal Field Artillery
from:Bearwood, Birmingham
(d.8th October 1918)
My great uncle, Richard, was a volunteer, enlisting into 3rd South Midland Brigade of the RFA (part of the Territorial Force) at the age of 17 in May 1914.
He embarked for France on 22nd May 1916 and underwent specialist training, eventually being attached to V61 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery. He endured a prolonged period recovering from Trench Fever between September 1917 and June 1918, after which he joined the 210 (Territorial) Brigade RFA under the command of the 42nd East Lancashire Division.
We believe that Richard was mortally wounded near Vaucelles and was evacuated to the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station near Ytres, where he died on 8th October 1918. He is buried in the Rocquigny-Eqauncourt Road Cemetery. The chaplain who was with him in his final hours wrote to Richard's parents and we have since discovered that the Rev John Oswald Murray reported for duty at 3rd CCCS for the first time on that fateful day. In addition to his last resting place in France, Richard is commemorated at six locations to our knowledge:
- St Mary's Church, Bearwood Memorial Cross (where he lived)
- Tewkesbury Abbey Memorial (the Sweet family home)
- Tewkesbury Cross War Memorial
- Tewkesbury Cemetery - a family memorial
- Birmingham Hall of Memory
- The 'lost' Birmingham Corporation Gas Department memorial currently in the care of Birmingham Museum Collection Centre undergoing restoration
Pte. Charles Robson Sweeting
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George William Sweeting
British Army 2/5th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:23 Chatterton Sq., Redcliffe, Bristol
(d.1st Nov 1918)
George Sweeting is my great uncle. When I was a child of five years old, I would look at this photo of a man in uniform. Many years later I asked my grandmother who he was. She said he was her brother who had died in the Great War, he was only 23 years old.
It was many years later when I decided I needed to find him. I searched and found him in France in the Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois, with the inscription `Abide with me'.
Pte. George Reginald Sweeting
British Army 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Ashton Gate, Bristol
(d.11th December 1917)
Private Sweeting was the Son of George Elia and Alice Sweeting, of 10, Carrington Rd., Ashton Gate, Bristol. Old Boy of St. Nicholas and St. Leonard's School, Bristol.
He was 20 when he died and is buried in the Montagnana Town Cemetery in Italy.
Engineman. George Sweeting
Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler Kathleen Burton
from:Hartlepool
(d.31st December 1915 )
Pte. Percy John Sweetingham
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infrantry
from:Cowes, Isle of Wight
(d.14th July 1918)
We are researching local people who died in WW1 including Percy Sweetingham. At present I have little information except the data from the War Graves Commission. Can anyone provide further details?
Pte. Percy John Sweetingham
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Isle of Wight
(d.14th July 1918)
My great granddad, Percy J Sweetingham served with the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He sadly died in 1918 on the 14th July. I was wondering if anyone knows anything else about him ie. his age, where he was sent, where he died, where he is buried etc. I'm researching for my dad.
Pte. John Thomas "Jock" Sweetland
British Army 9th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Battersea
(d.24th Mar 1918)
Jock Sweetland was my Grandmother's brother. He had already run away from home and joined up in 1914 aged 15, but the family found him and took him home again. Two years later aged 17, he successfully joined up again and went away to fight. He died two years later on the 24th March 1918 in Operation Michael. He is buried in a small cemetery outside the village of Rosieres in the Somme region of France.
My family passes his story down to each generation, and remembers him every year. There are no photographs of him that the family knows about.
Lt. E. Swetenham
Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John Swift
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
from:South Shields
(d.11th June 1915)
John Swift, served as John Smith with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in France in 1915. He lost his life at the age of 23, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Swift of South Shields. John is buried in Chapelle-D'Armentieres Old Military Extension.
Pte. Walter Swift
British Army 13th (Barnsley Pals) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Barnsely, Yorkshire.
(d.1st July 1916)
Walter Swift was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Pte Hibbert James Swim
Canadian Expeditionary Force 85th Battalion Nova Scotia
from:Clarkes Harbor, Shelburne County, N.S.
(d.7th Nov 1911)
- Hibbert was a fireman in N.S. by vocation
- Enlisted April 15, 1916
- Sailed from Halifax N.S. to Liverpool England on SS Olympic Oct 12-18, 1916
- Transferred to 85th Battalion Witley Dec 12, 1916
- Arrived in Harvre, France March 17, 1917
- Wounded at Lens 22/8/1917 gun shot would right leg
- Discharged to service from #22 General Hospital Camiers Sept 1, 1917
- Wounded at Passchendaele Oct 30, 1917, shrapnel wound to chest, burns on right leg
- Died of wounds received in action Nov 7, 1917 at #2 Casualty Clearing Hospital
L/Cpl. John Robert Swinbank
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Esh Hill Top, County Durham
(d.1st Jul 1916)
John Swinbank served with the 15th Durham Light Infantry.
Pte. Hugh Stewart Swinburne
British Army 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ashington, Northumberland
(d.14th Aug 1916)
Hugh Swinburne was killed in action at Clarence Crater, Arras, France on the 14th of August 1916.
Pte. James Henry Swindells
British Army 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Tidworth
Pte. Joseph Swindells
British Army 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield, Yorkshire
(d.1st December 1915)
Joseph Swindells is buried in Chapelle-D'Armentieres New Military Cementery. He was the husband of Lilly Swindells of 70 Devonshire Lane, Sheffield and the son of Sam and Eliza Swindells.
Pte. Samuel Swindells
British Army 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Salford, Lancashire
(d.23rd July 1916)
Pte. Robert Swindlehurst
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Blackburn
(d.15th Apr 1917)
Robert Swindlehurst was my great-grandfather on my mother's side. We presume he was conscripted after Military Service Act was passed in March 1916, and extended in 2nd Act to married men in May 1916. He became Pte. 28797 East Lancs Regt, 1st Btn and died of wounds on the 15th of April 1917(aged 39). Possibly during Battle of Arras. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension. Robert's widow Ada Jane lived till 1968. She received the 2 standard medals, (along with an army medal chit) which I have. I don't have any known photographs of him (just unknown soldier pictures that could be him, but no-one survives to confirm it. I do have a picture of his temporary cross over his grave in France.
Gnr. William Swinhoe
British Army 286th Brigade, B Battery, Royal Field Artillery
(d.28th Mar 1918)
William Swinhoe died aged 28. Born in Jarrow in 1889 he was the son of William and Catherine Swinhoe (nee Wear) later of 94 Grange Road Bermondsey London. In the 1911 Census William Swinhoe, age 22, a Lead Worker at a Waterworks, is listed as living with his parents, William & Catherine Swinhoe & family at 10, Silver Street, Rotherhithe. He enlisted in Newcastle and first served in France on 12th May 1915.
William is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery Extension.
Pte. Henry Swinson
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI
Pte. Walter Swithenbank
from:Mirfield, Dewsbury
(d.04/04/1918)
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