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Private DAVID FORBES

Service Number: 5782358
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

X. G. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Martin and May Forbes, of Walthamstow, Essex; husband of Rosalind Forbes, of Portslade, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND DAVID WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT BE FREE TO LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1128
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