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Fusilier LESLIE WILLIAM FORBES

Service Number: 5127909
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

II, B, 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of J. H. and Nellie Forbes, of Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, BELOVED, SLEEP AND TAKE THY REST. SADLY MISSED BY ALL AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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