Cyril
Douglas
"Sid"
Swain
Born in Wem, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of
[private father (1880s - 1970s)]
and [private mother (1880s - 1970s)]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 32
in near Gorlitz
Profile last modified
| Created 27 May 2021
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Biography
Name:
Cyril Douglas Swain.
Born
15 Dec 1911
, Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
Married
Unknown at this time, but don't believe so.
Died
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Cyril Swain Died while a Prisoner of War during World War II.
Buried
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Sources
1. "The Wemian" magazine at http://www.wemlocal.org.uk/memories/swain.htm
2. England Birth Marriage Death Index at http://www.freebmd.org.uk
3. CWGC [Commonwealth War Graves Commission] at http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2194410/SWAIN,%20CYRIL%20DOUGLAS
4. The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape by Alan Burgess http://books.google.com
5. FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20954118
6. http://www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gt_esc/
7. http://www.wemlocal.org.uk/wempast/war/memorial/wemind/swainc.htm
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