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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
460629
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
December 4, 1889
Manchester, England
Enlistment:
June 15, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 12, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
7.C.23.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Swindell of Manchester, England. Husband of Lena Swindell of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Additional citations
Military Medal, Supplement to the London Gazette dated 17 April 1917.
Digital gallery of Corporal Herbert Swindell
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Binscarth Manitoba War Memorial
This monument was unveiled in 1920. -
Honour Roll
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Herbert Swindell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 335 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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