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Private R A FORREST

Service Number: 13401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

12th/13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

IV. E. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Only son of Alice Dixon (formerly Forrest), of 8, New Road, New Delaval, Newsham, Northumberland, and the late Francis Forrest.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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