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Name:

George FORBES

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

A (G)

Service No.:

3230

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Age at Death:

Unit:

1st/9th Bn Durham Light Infantry.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Place of Residence:

Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

Tench's Buildings, Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Date of Death:

Thursday 28th September 1916

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battle of the Somme, July- November 1916.

Locally Commemorated:

Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

War Medal, Victory Medal

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of Thomas and Katherine Forbes, of Tench's Buildings, Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. Husband of Margaret Owens (formerly Forbes), of 6, Highfield Rd., Highfield, Rowlands Gill, Co. Durham.

Notes :

It is believed the wrong initial was carved on the Addison War Memorial – a G was mistaken for an A.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.

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