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Private PERCIVAL FRANCIS SWEMMER

Service Number: 5154
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

4th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

II. D. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Jacob Pieter Swemmer and Catherine Margaret Swemmer, of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription THO' DEATH DIVIDES MEMORY CLINGS INSERTED BY SISTER AND BROTHERS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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