William Swinnerton

Bombardier William Swinnerton was a Dutch-born marine of the Royal Navy who died during the First World War.
He was born on 20 April 1892, in Amsterdam, the son of salesman John Henry and Hermina Adriana Swinnerton (née Schrikker), of London and Amsterdam, respectively. Swinnerton lived for a while with his family in Paris, and was educated at Woodside and Croydon Borough Secondary School.Moore, Henry Keatley & Sayers, William Charles Berwick (1920), Croydon and the Great War; the official history of the war work of the borough and its citizens from 1914 to 1919, together with the Croydon roll of honour, p. 398, archive.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.World War 1 Database of the Teachers and Pupil who died (PDF), theoldcroydonians.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2015.Family: SWINNERTON, John Henry/SCHRIKKER, Hermina Adriana (F5382), antill.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
A pre-war volunteer, Swinnerton had enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery in 1910. He served on the Western Front with the RMA's Anti-Aircraft Brigade and died on 13 May 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres.
He is buried in Brandhoek Military Cemetery
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*Swinnerton, William, cwgc.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
Category:1892 births
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Category:Royal Marines
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