J.+SWAIN

14205 Private John Swain of the 1 st  Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment. Posted missing Wednesday 16 June 1915, aged 37. Listed on the memorial for the missing, Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. (Younger brother of T Swain above). The 1911 census found John Swain, aged 31 and employed as a Coal Hewer, living in Stonebroom.