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Austin Forrest

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Forename Austin
Surname Forrest
Middle Name Lancelot
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph and UpHolland Grammar School Memorial
Age 23
Address St John's Vicarage, Pemberton
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank 2nd Leiutenant
Occupation or place of work At University (Keeble College, Oxford)
Regiment Kings Royal Rifle Corps 11th Batt
Day of Death 3
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Thiepval Memorial
Regiment Number
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information Son of late Canon Ernest Francis Forrest, Vicar of St John's, Pemberton
Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 23/9/16
St Johns Roll of Honour, Parish Magazine, Dec 1918