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Private A FORBES

Service Number: 3499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

3rd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 March 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIPON CEMETERY

F. 223.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Jessie Forbes. Born at Cruden Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD
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Buried or commemorated at

RIPON CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 194
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