SWINDELLS, John Francis

Pte 200690 B Coy. Prince of Wales Volunteer Regt, South Lancs.  Enlisted 1/9/1914, wounded 21/12/1916 “When a shell hit the communication trench he was in, completely shattering his arm“ which was amputated. b 1882 (possibly in Hope, only appears on 1891C. His father was Joseph Swindells b 1857 Hathersage. 1861C at Barn i’th Wood, Note Car Lane, (near Harpur Lees) later census refer to it as  ‘The Barn in the Wood’ farm.

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