| Swatton | W | 4317 | Private | 2nd Battalion
Demise: Killed accidentally on railway 30 Mar 1902
Place: Barberton Nr
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Hampshire Regiment |
| Swatton | W | 3025 | Saddler Sergeant | QSA (4).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 13th Hussars |
| Swatz | L C | | Burgher | Served 14 Aug 01 to 30 Jun 02. Discharged
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Canadian Scouts |
| Swayer | J | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Northamptonshire Regiment |
| Swayn | J | | | Late District Mounted Rifles
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Frontier Light Horse |
| Swayn | J | | | Late District Mounted Rifles
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Frontier Light Horse |
| Swayn | Robert | 602 | Private | Source: OZ-Boer database | Victoria, 2nd Battalion Australian Commonwealth Ho |
| Swayne | A | | Able Seaman | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8 | HMS Active |
| Swayne | Charles Henry | | Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel | SWAYNE, CHARLES HENRY, Lieutenant Colonel, was born at Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, 18 September 1848, second son of Abraham Crawford Swayne, MD, JP, of Carrick-on-Shannon, and Anne, daughter of D Brown. He was educated at a private school, and at the Ledwich School of Medicine, Dublin (Prizeman in Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery). He entered the Army as Staff Assistant Surgeon, 1872; served with distinction during the yellow fever outbreak in Trinidad, West Indies, 1881; in the Nile campaign, 1884-85, in charge of Dongola Field Hospital (thanked for services; Medal and clasp; Khedive's Star). He became Surgeon Major, 1886; served in Burmese Campaign, 1886-89 (specially thanked for services; Medal and two clasps). He became Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel, 1897; was in charge of No 6 BFH, and Senior Medical Officer, 1st Brigade, Tirah Expeditionary Force, NWP, 1897-98. He received the Medal and two clasps; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 3 April 1898], and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 20 May 1898]: "Charles Henry Swayne, Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Service. In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India". The Insignia were sent to the Commander-in-Chief, India, and were presented by Sir B Blood at Meerut 4 November 1898. Lieutenant Colonel Swayne had been on leave until the 15th October, and the presentation was therefore delayed. Colonel Swayne said: "I have no record of the official account as to why I was granted the DSO. I was Senior Medical Officer, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, throughout the campaign, and presumed it was for good service as such that I was granted it. During the yellow fever epidemic, Trinidad, British West Indies, 1881, I was recommended for award for distinguished services by my PMO and GOC and the Governor of Trinidad, Sir Sandford Freeling, KCMG. For the Nile Campaign, my PMO, Surgeon General J O'Nial, put my name forward to Lord Wolseley; but General Buller wrote to say that 'though Lord Wolseley knew I did good service, he could not recommend me for promotion, as he would have to do the same for others'. For the Burmese Campaign both the PMO's under whom I served for two and a half years also sent in my name, but no result. For the Tirah I did get mentioned in Despatches, and got the DSO". He became Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps; Colonel, 5 November 1892, and retired 18 September 1905. His favourite recreations were golfing and fishing. He married, on 1 February 1896, Margaret Blakeney, daughter of David Gillies, and they had three daughters, Dorothy Marguerite, Doris Margaret and Muriel Florence Constance.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Army Medical Service |
| Swayne | D p St C | 18822 | Sapper | QSA (3) CC OFS Tr. KSA
TNA ref 159/40; 315/53 | Royal Engineers, Telegraph Battalion, 1st Division |
| Swayne | E H | | Captain | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5940. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry |
| Swayne | H | | Leading Seaman | Frontier Wars. SAGS (0) | HMS Euphrates |
| Swayne | J | 4257 | Private | QSA (4).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 13th Hussars |
| Swayne | O R | | Lieutenant | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5932. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Royal Artillery |
| Swayne | Oswald Roche | | Second Lieutenant | SWAYNE, OSWALD ROCKE, Second Lieutenant, was born 25 September 1879, sixth son of R A Swayne, of Tillington Court, near Hereford. He joined the Army, as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, 20 May 1899, and was promoted Lieutenant 16 February 1901. He served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, being present in operations in the Orange Free State, April to May 1900, including actions at Yet River (5 and 6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in Orange River Colony, June to 29 November 1900, including action at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July); operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, July and December 1901; operations in Orange River Colony 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; awarded the Queen's Medal with four clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Oswald Roche Swayne, Second Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He was invested by the King 24 October 1902. He became Captain 15 March 1906; was Adjutant, Royal Artillery, 1 June 1911 to 31 May 1914, and was promoted Major 30 October 1914. He served in the European War, 1914-17 and 1918-19; was from July 1917 to August 1918, Major Instructor in the Gunnery School of Instruction for Siege and Heavy Artillery, Lydd. He was mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 1919; and was wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Swayne married, in 1904, Brenda, youngest daughter of Arthur Butler, of Brooklyn, Chislehurst, Kent, and has four sons and one daughter.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Garrison Artillery |
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