BRIAN SWINBANKS

Born: 16th October 1927, South Shields, Durham.

Died: 26th April 1951; age 23; Died of Wounds – Battle of Imjin River, Seoul, Korea.

Residence: 168, Nacton Road, Ipswich.

Rank: Lieutenant; Service Number: 393305.

Regiment: Royal Engineers, 55 Independent Field Squadron

Grave Reference:

17.2.7.702.

United Nations Memorial Cemetery,

Daeyon-ong,

Pusan,

South Korea.

Father: James Birch Swinbanks, born November 1891, South Shields, Durham – a Local Government Officer.

Mother: May Pemberton Thornton, born December 1894, South Shields, Durham – died 1946, Ipswich.

Brian attended Ipswich School. and is remembered on the Ipswich School Chapel Memorial.

http://www.ipswichschoolmuseumandarchives.co.uk

Probate to James Birch Swinbanks – father.