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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.



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