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Private THOMAS EDWARD FORKIN

Service Number: 2574875
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEJA WAR CEMETERY

1. J. 5.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Maud Victoria Forkin, of Leeds. Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription COULD I HAVE CLASPED YOUR HAND, DEAR ONE AND WHISPERED "SON, FAREWELL" MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BEJA WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 396
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