Swallow, Leonard –

Youngest son of Rev. John Edward and Elizabeth Swallow, minister of the United Methodist Hanover Circuit, Bolton, Lancashire, later of 33, Blenheim Gardens, Wallington, Surrey. Formerly 3538, 5th Bn., Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment.

Personal details

  • Surname: Swallow
  • Forename: Leonard
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
  • Place of residence: Thornton Heath, Surrey
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 23
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: November 15th, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Company Sergeant Major
  • Unit: 1st (Infantry) (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 3948
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Guildford, Surrey
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: Special Memorial 14.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 08/12/1916
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6b

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