The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Forbes

Photograph by "Len"

Private William FORBES, G/31245, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 35886, East Surreys), died of wounds, Flanders France, 21st August 1918, age 19.

Born Preston, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Mary Anne Forbes, of Preston, Lancashire.

1911 Census - Thomas Forbes, head, age 39, married, bailing lumber, London & North Western Railway, born Preston, Lancashire; May Ann Forbes, wife, age 37, married 14 years, 5 children, 2 still alive, born Preston, Lancashire; William Forbes, son, age 12, school, born Preston, Lancashire; Winnefred Forbes, daughter, age 5, school, born Preston, Lancashire.

Enlisted Preston, Lancashire.

Buried at Aire Communal Cemetery, IV. C. 2, Pas de Calais, France.

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