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Private THOMAS FORBES

Service Number: 40866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 102.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret M. Forbes, of Upper Mill, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, and the late George Forbes. Native of Enzie, Banffshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 839
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