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Private WILLIAM FORBES

Service Number: 6517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 January 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

I. B. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John E. and Elizabeth Forbes, of 7, Third Avenue, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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