His story
Richard James Swatton was an Army Veterinary Corps sergeant attached to the Royal Field Artillery’s 124th Battery. His medal record dates his first qualifying service in France to 26 January 1915.
In civilian life he worked on the railway in Pilning, Bristol. Richard died on 27 July 1916, aged 35, and is buried at Bruay Communal Cemetery.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Railway Worker
- Residence recorded
- Pilning
- Family
- Annie Coats
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Sergeant
- Service number
- SE/4045
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Other regiment or formation
- Royal Field Artillery
- Unit
- 124th Bty
- Attachment
- Royal Field Artillery — 124th Battery (attached)
- Theatre of war
- France, 26 January 1915
Medals and commemoration
- 1914–15 Star
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 27 July 1916
- Age
- 35
- Place of death
- France
- Recorded cause
- Accidental Death
- Cemetery or memorial
- Bruay Communal Cemetery
- Grave reference
- B. 8.
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Research record number: 100
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Richard James Swatton”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/swatton-richard-james-se-4045/.
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