9151 Pte Percy Swinn of the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on the 9th December 1914. He was 33 years old and a member of A Company. His number indicates that he joined the regiment in January or February 1903. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Swinn and the husband of Ada Emily Swinn of 5, Knight's Yard, Church Street, Lenton, Nottingham. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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