Lance/Corporal Edward Swainston
208859 Royal Engineers W Corps Signal Coy
Formerly Border Regiment
Killed by lightning 12th November 1917, aged 22
Lived at 11 Charlotte Street
Buried in the Gaza
War Cemetery, Palestine
Burnley Express
28th November 1914 - 29th
December 1917
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Burnleys Great War Centenary |
Sponsored by: Daniel John Swainston |
An report on the Gaza War Cemetery was shown on ITV news on the 8th of
November 2013.
The report features Edward's Grave and his Great-Nephew Daniel Swainston
is interviewed.
ITV
News Gaza Cemetery
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(courtesy of Daniel Swainston)
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