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Apr 28, 1882
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Born at Ashford, Kent, England
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Nov 11, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion at
Kingston Ontario
Ø Number 59943 (temporary number 122)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs S Swallow (mother) of 153 Fairview Villas S,
Willesbourough, Ashford, Kent, England
Ø Stated to be single
Ø Previous occupation given as Labourer
Ø Previous military experience given as 10 years Royal Navy and 5 years
Naval Reserve
Ø Religion given as Church of England
Ø Tattoos
o Right arm – “I love mother”
o Left arm – “Son”
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama at Montreal
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked at Devonport England and proceeded
to West Sandling Camp near Hythe, Kent
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Jul 19, 1915
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Absent Without Leave until July 22, 1915
Forfeits 4 days pay and restricted
to half pay for 1 month
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Sep 8, 1915
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Absent Without Leave until September 12, 1915
Forfeits 5 days pay and sentenced
to 10 days detention
Note that the Battalion moved to France
during this detention period
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked at Folkstone for France
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked at Boulogne France
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Apr 8, 1916
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Killed in action
Because
he has no known grave (his body was either never found, or never identified), he is
commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres Belgium.
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British War Medal, Victory Medal, Death
Plaque, Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his mother at South Willesbourough,
Ashford, Kent, England
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2010
For the 7
nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected
onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At
the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across
Belgium and Canada. The image above shows
the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.
Below is the
name of Arthur Swallow being broadcast to the schools.
Each name appeared for 25 seconds and each night 9,700 names were shown.
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