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Private RICHARD FORSHAW

Service Number: 20069
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

I. A. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Elizabeth Forshaw; husband of Elizabeth M. Smith (formerly Forshaw), of 20, Russell Place, Great Harwood, Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 217
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