26 February 1915

Private Tom SWAIN
Born	Baldock, Hertfordshire
Died	26 February 1915, Age 22 years
Regiment	1st Batallion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Buried	RE Farm Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

WW1 Service Records (a selection)

Private William John STRONGITHARM b1897
Regiment	Machine Gun Corps
Occupation	Clerk
Other
1916-1918	Served in France (except for period of injury)
Dec17-Feb18	Hospitalisation & convalescence for Trench Foot & Trench Shin

Private Harold STRONGITHARM b1899
Regiment	Royal Field Artillery & Grenadier Guards
Occupation	Builder’s Apprentice
Other
1915	Enlisted to Royal Field Artillery in Glasgow, giving false information about his age (he was 16).  He was dismissed soon after for being underage.
Apr 1918	Enlisted, served with Grenadier Guards
1918-1920	Unclear where service took place, but was discharged in 1920

William & Harold were brothers

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03 February 1915

Petty Officer William George JACKSON
Born	Clifton, Bedfordshire
Died	3 February 1915, Age 35 years
Served in	Royal Navy
Commemorated	William died at Sea, he was serving on HMS Clan MacNaughton which foundered in a gale off the North Coast of Ireland, with the loss of all on board Commemorated at Chatham Royal Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent
Occupation	Naval Career
Other
1891	Living in Fulham, London, at home, age 14, Errand Boy
1901	Royal Navy, England (Naval Career)

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