A bit of a breakthrough tracing my ancestor 'Billy' Swift, a Marine on the HMS Africa at the Battle of Trafalgar.

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Where was my Great, Great, Great Grandfather ‘Billy’ Swift 220 years ago today? Thanks to a Battle of Trafalgar records update on Find My Past, I now believe that he was on board the HMS Ajax, picking up survivors.

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