Second Lieutenant WILLIAM ALEXANDER STANHOPE FORBES
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 03 September 1916
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Stanhope Alexander Forbes and Elizabeth Adela Forbes, of Higher Fangan, Newlyn, Penzance. Student of the Royal Architectural Association.
- Personal Inscription HE SAW BEYOND THE FILTH OF BATTLE, AND THOUGHT DEATH A FAIR PRICE TO PAY TO BELONG TO THE COMPANY OF THESE FELLOWS
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