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Laurence Forrest

Details

Forename Laurence
Surname Forrest
Middle Name Bernard
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph and UpHolland Grammar School Memorial
Age 19
Address
Parents' Address St John;s Vicarage, Pemberton
Township Wigan
Rank 2nd Leiutenant
Occupation or place of work Student
Regiment Kings Royal Rifle Corps 16th Batt
Day of Death 20
Month of Death May
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Arras Memorial
Regiment Number
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of the Vicar of Pemberton, Canon Edward Forrest and his wife Florence.
St Johns Roll of Honour, Parish Magazine, Dec 1918
Ref; CWGC, Ancestry and WO 9/6/17