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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM FORREST

Service Number: 751721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

205 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 December 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY

4. C. 12.

Madagascar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Helen Forrest, of Penicuik, Lothian, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE. HIS MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Madagascar
Number of casualties: 315
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