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Serjeant WILLIAM CLIFFORD FORBES

Service Number: 4861879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

6. A. 16.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Harry and Margaret Forbes, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Joan D. Forbes.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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