The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G Forbes

Photograph by "Alexandre"

Private George FORBES, G/1135, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wound penetrating back), 37 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 9.00am, 31st January 1917.

Born Deptford, Kent,

Enlisted Bakewell, Derbyshire, age 19 years & 30 days, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 112lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, slight stammer. Resided Tideswell, Derbyshire. Formerly factory hand.

Home 3rd September 1914 to 2nd August 1915; BEF 3rd August 1915 to 31st January 1917.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st April 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1915, embarked; 16th September 1915, 12th Division Infantry Base Depot, attached 10th Entrenching Battalion; 30th January 1917, wounded in action.

30th July 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by sister Carrie Saunders, Fox & Hounds, Hatfield Heath, Harlow, Essex - Father, deceased; Brother, killed; Sisters - Carrie Saunders, age 34, Fox & Hounds, Hatfield Heath, Harlow, Essex; Rebecca Mary Emptage, age 32, Plough Hotel, 2 High Street, Lewisham, Kent; Rose Forbes, age 28, Plough Hotel, 2 High Street, Lewisham, Kent; Alice Forbes, age 26, Plough Hotel, 2 High Street, Lewisham, Kent;

Buried at Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, III. B. 23., Pas de Calais, France.

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