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In Hexham Cemetery, Northumberland.



Mr J. Swinburn, of 59, Greenhow Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle, has received word from the War Office of the death of his son, 29713 Private J. W. Swinburne, who was wounded in the convoy disaster at Klerksdorp, and died on the 8th last. Private Swinburn was a native of Hexham, and was in employment as a baker with Messrs Knight and Son, Hexham, until last February, when he joined the 5th Company of the Northumberland Yeomanry for the front. He had been in several engagements prior to Klerksdorp, and until then had escaped injury.

The Hexham Courant, Saturday 15th March 1902

(The spelling of the surnames is as they appeared in the newspaper.)

KLERKSDORP CEMETERY, SOUTH AFRICA

Many thanks, Elmarie.

The surname on his birth registration was Swinburne, but it seems to have been a surname where the spelling varied depending on whoever had to write it down.

James William Swinburne according to his attestation papers - he was 22 years old at time of death.