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Name:

Samuel Boustead FORREST

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Lance Corporal

Initials:

S B

Service No.:

3810 (possibly 5810)

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Age at Death:

Unit:

2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Place of Residence:

Home Address:

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Tuesday 16th February 1915

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

Ypres (Ieper), Belgium – St Eloi Sector. Front line trenches in support of 84th Brigade.

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, Ypres (Ieper), Belgium.

Buried:

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, 13th March 1915.

Family Details:

Nephew of John and Georgina Narey, of 18 Westmoreland Street, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.

Notes :

Sources Used:

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

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