Sgt John Lonsdale Swanson, RAFVR 1138377

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John Swanson

Name: SWANSON, JOHN LONSDALE
Initials: J L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W. Op. Air)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 619 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 04/12/1944
Service No: 1138377
Additional information: Son of Albert and Lilian Swanson, of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. H. 31.
Cemetery: DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

 

                    

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The inscription at the foot of the stone reads.

May God In His

Tender Mercy, Grant Him

Eternal Rest, Remembered

By Father & Family