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Private ALFRED HENRY FORSTER

Service Number: 39791
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. B. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Lucy Forster, of 11, Marsh Hall Pad, Farnworth, Widnes, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription A QUIET THOUGHT A SILENT TEAR KEEP YOUR MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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