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Trooper WILLIAM ALEXANDER FORREST

Service Number: 108338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

5th

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 2.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alexander Forrest and Jane Forrest, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF OUR DEAR SON ONE OF THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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