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Private FRANCIS GEORGE FORBES

Service Number: 17435
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOSCON BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 3. Row A. Grave 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Forbes, of Buckie, Banffshire.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF ELIZABETH & WM. FORBES MERCIFUL JESUS GIVE HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BOSCON BRITISH CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 166
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