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Pte. Thomas Shepherd Swan
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.13th Aug 1915)
Thomas Swan died age 36, he was born in Stockton in 1878. In the 1911 Census he is listed as Thomas Swan, aged 33, a General Labourer at a Chemical Works, lived with his wife, Margaret & 2 children, plus 2 stepchildren, at 213 Hope Street Jarrow-on-Tyne. He enlisted in Sunderland and first entered WW1 action on 24th of Sep 1914. His wife Margaret Fenwick Woodward (late Swan - formerly Bell - nee Berry) later lived at 15 Hawke Street Haverton Hill.
Thomas is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
