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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: patpat on Wednesday 22 October 14 21:46 BST (UK)
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I am trying to find the records for T J Swindell died 1916 the only one I can find that maybe him says son of the late Mrs Hudson. Now Toms mother had remarried a Mr Hudson but she didnt die till 1923.
Is it possible the list was made after 1923 ?
Thanking you in advance Pat
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From the CWGC website
"A list of over 660,000 British soldiers (Other Ranks) who died during the Great War was compiled by the War Office and published by His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) in 1921. The list is contained within 80 volumes. The dates covered for casualties are from and including 4th August 1914 to 11th November 1918. Casualties killed after the end of the war until 25th March 1921 are also included in the listing."
I see that T J Swindell was in the Canadian Infantry, does that fit with what you know?
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It's possibly just an error about his mother.
His Canadian Attestation papers list:
Attested at Winnipeg, 18th December 1914
Thomas James Swindell, born Mayfield, Staffordshire, 6th May 1893
Next of kin: Mrs. T. Hudson, (Mother), Mayfield, Staffordshire
Trade/Calling: Farmer
Unmarried
Apparent age: 21 years 7 months
Height: 5 ft 10 ins.
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Light Brown
Religious Denomination: Wesleyan
Anne :)
P.S. If you'd like copies of the Attestation Papers (2 pages), send me your personal e-mail via PM.
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Canada, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1919
about T J Swindell
This record ( 2 pages) has on 2nd page a note saying that the Menin Reg number was sent to Mrs T Hudson of Mayfield Staffs The date it was sent was 29 Jan 1925, so maybe the record for TJ Swindell on CWCG site was amended after they were notified that the mother had died
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I read on the website The Long Long Trail that the battlefields were still being cleared into the 1920s.
Carol
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I recently saw a CWGC record noting the removal of a name from the Menin Gate - dated 1937 - and it is still going on. 16 recently identified soldiers were buried in Y Farm Cemetery yesterday - many relatives attended the service.
Most of the next of kin names they hold date from the early 1920s, when they were sorting out the cemeteries and memorials - getting epitaphs from relatives and generally keeping them in touch.
If the chap was a Canadian there should be plenty of information online (and free).
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Thankyou everyone, looks like he has been found.
Pat