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Private JOHN DOUGLAS FORSTER

Service Number: 13518
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. B. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Jane Forster, of 8, Pattinson Town, Washington Station, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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