Name
Thomas Swain
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/02/1915
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
10343
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
R.E. FARM CEMETERY
I. A. 3.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial
St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Born and resident of Baldock Enlisted Hertford. Before the war Thomas was employed by Heatly-Greshams in Letchworth.
Wartime Service
He joined the army in January 1914 and was wounded in action in September of that year. Following his recovery in a London hospital he re-joined his unit and was killed in action on the 26th February 1915.
Additional Information
Son of Frederick and Mary Swain, of 36, Norton St., Baldock, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson