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{{ROH Soldier 11th Battalion
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|rank = [[Sergeant]]
|service_number = 13366
|company =
|battalion = [[11th Battalion (Lonsdale)]]
|regiment = [[Border Regiment]]
|enlisted = Carlisle, Cumberland
|attached =
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|commands =
|theatres = France and Flanders
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|honourific_prefix =
|name = William Swift
|honourific_suffix =
|other_name =
|nickname =
|born = Deddington, Oxford / b.1890
|nationality = English {{flag|England|25px}}
|education =
|former_employment = Flour Roller / Smiths Flour Mill
|spouse = Emma Miller<ref>Edwin left his wife and son and moved to Silloth, Cumberland. According to his Army record he was living with Mary Goddard, and they had two children both girls.</ref>
|children = George Percy Miller Sykes / b.1910
|parents =
|siblings =
|additional_family =
|residence = Silloth, Cumberland
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|casualty_type = Commonwealth War Dead
|died = [[1 July]] 1916
|age =
|cause_of_death = [[Killed in action]]
|burial_type = Grave
|reference_number = I.G.20.
|resting_place = {{CWGC cemetery|id=59400|name=Lonsdale Cemetery}}
|coordinates = {{osm|50.04003|2.68246|14}}
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|additional_memorials =
|scroll = {{scroll}}
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|biography = {{no biography}}
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|references = {{reflist|3}}
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[[Category:Roll of Honour]]
[[Category:Other ranks (11th Battalion)]]
[[Category:Rank of Private]]
[[Category:Born in England]]
[[Category:Born in Oxfordshire]]
[[Category:Enlisted in Carlisle]]
[[Category:Died in 1916]]
[[Category:Killed in action]]
[[Category:Casualties with graves]]
[[Category:Lonsdale Cemetery]]
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