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Private JOHN FORREST

Service Number: 52599
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 March 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. E. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Forrest, of Oldham; husband of Florence Wood (formerly Forrest), of 25, Sickle St., Oldham, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription NOT DEAD BUT ASLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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