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Sergeant JOHN GRINDLE FORREST

Service Number: 1591075
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 January 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEBBURN CEMETERY

Sec. E. Grave 817.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Douglas and Lily Forrest, of Hebburn.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES
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Buried or commemorated at

HEBBURN CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 94
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