Rev. Canon Alfred Swann, MA, DSC (12 July 18931939 England and Wales Register – 7 October 1961) was Dean and Archdeacon of Hong Kong from 1927 to 1935."SWANN, Rev. Canon Alfred", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 26 Aug 2014
Biography He was born in Japan to British parents.1901 England Census He was educated at Rugby and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After wartime service in the RNVRLondon Gazette he was ordained in 1922. Following a curacy in KirkburtonCrockford's Clerical Directory 1959/60 p 1129:Oxford, OUP, 1959 he was Vicar of Liversedge before his time in Hong Kong; and held incumbencies in Wiltshire"Ecclesiastical News." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 11, 1936; pg. 15; Issue 47269 and Somerset afterwards. He left extensive notes on his wartime experiences, now held by the Imperial War Museum.
References