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Sapper WILLIAM GORDON FORREST

Service Number: 414414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

412th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 December 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

O. 58.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Personal Inscription A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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