Name
Claud James William Sweeney (MM)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/07/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
265502
Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Medal
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 54 and 56.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial,b
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware,
Christchurch Memorial, Ware,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Butcher Row, Ware, Hertfordshire son of John and Mary Elizabeth Sweeney and was living at 32 Crib Street, Ware in 1911 and later at 13 London Road, Ware.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford formerly 2537, entered France on 23 Jan 1915 and was killed in action near Ypres.
Additional Information
Son of Private John Sweeney who was killed in action on 29 Oct 1915 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
