49101 Private Thomas Swindells of the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, formerly Service No. 3719:

 

He was killed in action on the 8 May 1917, aged 21 years, and he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

 

Thomas Swindells was born at Denton in 1896 and he is the son of Thomas Swindells and Sarah Ann Stafford who were married at St Michael’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, in 1891. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Jane Street, Denton, employed in the hatting industry. Later the family moved to Market Street.

Peter Whitehead