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Swan, G., L/Sgt., 1916

Woodhorn Churchyard

Woodhorn Churchyard

Woodhorn Churchyard

On the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is the name of 1494 Lance Serjeant Gilbert Swan, serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers who died 15/09/1916.

In Woodhorn Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:-

In loving memory of
(Nurse Swan)
Dorothy Ann
Only daughter of the late
Mansfield and Dorothy Gibson
Of Woodhorn
Who passed away January 26th 1923
Also of her husband
1494 Sergt. Gilbert Swan
7th Batt. N.F. who fell in action in France
Sept. 15th 1916

Gilbert Swan is remembered in Longframlington on L26.04 and L26.05, and in theBattalion History, where his name is given as “Swann”


The CWGC entry for Lance Serjeant Swan

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk