Person:James Swan (7)

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James Mitchell Swan
m. 15 Aug 1917
  1. Philip Clarke Swan1917 - 2006
  2. James Mitchell Swan1919 - 1998
Facts and Events
Name[1] James Mitchell Swan
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Oct 1919 Edinburgh, Midlothian
Other? 6 Oct 1919 Born at 45 Duke St., Leith, ScotlandFact 1
Marriage to Isabella McLeod
Death? 4 Nov 1998 Edinburgh, Midlothian
Other? See Photo JMS 1, JMS 2Fact 2

Dec. 2000

James Mitchell Swan was a compositor with T&A Constable, a big academic book printer for all his working life except for the years spent in the army during the second world war where he was asoldier in the 7th/9th Battalion of the Royal Scots Regiment. He became a company sargeant major at the age of 22. His great friend who he went through the was with was a guy called Kenneth Lyon known as "Tiger Lyon" who emigrated to Canada atthe end of the war.

References
  1. Extract Entry in a Register of Birth.