In Memory Of
SWIFT, ROBERT ARTHUR WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
29
Rank:
First Radio Officer
Unit:
S.S. Langleegorse (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1941-01-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Came under air attack and sunk while en route Durban for London.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 63.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Charles William and Emmie Swift, of Palmer's Green, Middlesex. His brother, Volunteer Earle Cyril Clarence Swift, died in the United Kingdom. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45