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Rifleman ALEXANDER FORREST

Service Number: 2163
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH CEMETERY, ANZAC

I. B. 3.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Forrest, of Wardhead, Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH CEMETERY, ANZAC
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 391
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