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Gunner WILLIAM AITKEN FORREST

Service Number: 346731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

108th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. L. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Mouat (formerly Forrest) and the late William Forrest, of 11, Colville Place, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription "FATHER, I CHOOSE THY WILL FOR MY LOVED SON". EDINBURGH.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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