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Name:

Edward FORREST

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

42847

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

1st/8TH Bn Prince of Wale's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Hexham, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Home Address:

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Tuesday 9th October 1917

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

The Battles of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, 1917. Battle of Poelcappelle, 9th October 1917.

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

St Cuthbert's Church, Lych-gate, Allendale, Northumberland.

Overseas Commemorated:

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of Edward Forrest, of Mond, Whitfield, Northumberland. Husband of Isabella Cameron Forrest, of Carr's Mill, Whitfield, Northumberland.

Notes :

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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