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Lieutenant WILLIAM OXLEY FORSTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

"C" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. B. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rachel Forster, of Dene Side, Low Fell, Co. Durham, and the late Joseph Forster.
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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