Foster SWETENHAM

Commemorated:
1. Memorial:	Moy-De-L'Aisne Communal Cemetery	South-West corner.
2. Book:	The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918	Pg.136
3. Memorial:	The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour	50B GQS

Awards & Titles:

Professional Soldier

Family :

BIRTH: 21 JUN 1876
DEATH: 28 AUG 1914, France
Father: Edmund SWETENHAM
Mother: Gertrude Elizabeth CUNLIFFE

Married: Gladys WORTHY CHAPLIN
MARRIAGE: 1 JUL 1908

Education & Career :

Eton

Service Life:

Campaigns:

The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Unit / Ship / Est.: 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

Action : The Battle of Le Cateau and subsidiary actions

26 August - 1 September 1914. Following the clash at Mons, the BEF was forced to retreat. I Corps under Haig was able to march almost unmolested but II Corps under Smith-Dorrien was confronted by large elements of German troops which threatened his line of retreat. In a classic ?stopping? action II Corps held the German attack and allowed time for the orderly retreat to continue.

Served in the South African War. Foster SWETENHAM was a Major in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). He was killed in action 28th August 1914. Aged 38. Husband of Muriel Gladys Swetenham. He had served in the South African War. He is buried Moy-de-L'Aisne Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France, in the South-West corner. Commemorated in the King's Book The Swetenham family website erroneously states that Foster Swetenham was the first British Officer killed in 1914 Source; http://www.qlinks.net/FamilyHistory/swetenham.html The Masonic Roll of Honour 1921 incorrectly lists him as a Captain

Masonic :

Type	Lodge Name and No.	Province/District :
Mother :	Foxhunters No. 3094 E.C.	London

Initiated	Passed	Raised
2nd March 1908	11th March 1908	14th December 1908

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The (UK) National Archives
Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
Researcher : Bruce Littley

Last Updated: 2020-11-25 11:55:13

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