Name
George William Swallow
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/11/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
37200
Bedfordshire Regiment
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GAZA WAR CEMETERY
XXII.A.6
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Laurence Church Memorial, Wormley
Not on the Newsells memorial
Pre War
Born in Newsells, Barkway, Herts in late 1891 to William and Elizabeth Swallow. Baptised on 10 January 1892 at Barkway. Herts. 1911 Census: living with family at 4 Macers Lane, Wormley, and working as a nursery hand in the glasshouses.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hertford. Served in Palestine. Killed in action.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £3 granted to father William.
William is also commemorated on his father’s grave in Wormley (St. Laurence) Churchyard. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF
WILLIAM GEORGE SWALLOW
KILLED IN ACTION NOVEMBER 2ND 1917. AGED 26 YEARS.
“TRUSTING CHRIST CRUCIFIED.”
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
