Joseph (Joe) Swift

Private 30760. 1st Battalion. East Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 38059 Yorkshire Regiment.

Born 1883 in Golcar.

Son of Joseph and Jane.

Brother of Thomas, Willie, Elizabeth, Frederic, Grace and Gertrude.

Married to Alice Ann Bray on 13th April 1904, at St. John's Church, Golcar.

Father of Trevor.

Address: 16 Raw, Bolster Moor. Previously 102 Westwood Edge, Golcar.

Occupation: Woollen Weaver.

Enlisted: 19th September 1916, aged 34.

Awarded the Military Medal on 28th January 1918.

Died of wounds as a prisoner of war. 3rd September 1918. Aged 36.

Buried at Hautmont Communal Cemetery. France. Plot 4. Row A. Grave 46.

According to Joseph's army records he had been wounded in the Face, thigh and left knee, but no date for these injuries is given. Hautmont Cemetery was used by German troops to bury their dead. It was also used by the local authorities for allied prisoners of war who died in German hospitals.

His wife Alice received an army pension of 20s/5d per week for herself and one child, beginning on 1st September 1919. Joseph's name appears on the Roll of Honour of Clough Head School, which was held at Bolster Moor Baptist.