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Private WILLIAM FORREST

Service Number: 7739
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY

Special Memorial B. 60.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Forrest, of "Summerlea," Braidwood, Carluke, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 606
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