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Lance Corporal JOHN FORBES

Service Number: S/14737
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABERDEEN (GROVE) CEMETERY

7. 3658.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (2419) 5th Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James Forbes. Born at Woodside, Aberdeen.
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Buried or commemorated at

ABERDEEN (GROVE) CEMETERY
Aberdeenshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 78
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