Walter George Swain

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Police constable

Date of Death: November 3, 1924

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Walter George Swain

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: Baptism: 6th November 1864. Sturminster, Dorset

Date and Place of Death: 3rd October 1924. Chelsea, London

Nationality: British

Childhood: Walter was born into a rural family. He had five siblings.

Parents: Father: John Swain. Born: Belchalwel, Dorset. C1830.

Mother: Jane E. Swain. Born: 1926. Sturminster, Dorset.

Parent’s occupations: His grandfather was a butter dealer, his father a gamekeeper.

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K

Occupation: In 1881 he was a railway porter. By 1891 he had moved to London and become a police constable; eventually becoming a police sergeant. He resigned but returned to the met. In 1921 he was a museum warder.

Place of residence at Gretna: 11 R East

Job title at Gretna: Policeman

Marital status: Married Ada Frossell on 28th November 1895 in Carshalton, Surrey.

Children: 4 children. 3 sons and 1 daughter.

Travels: N/K

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