Private 38664 William FORBES
21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action, Wednesday 24th October 1917, Belgium, Age 24
Home address:
38 Hyde Road, Gorton, Lancashire
Born:
1893, Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents:
Mary Ann Forbes and William Forbes
18 Boston Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Bookbinder, Cartwright and Rattray's, Hyde
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 122.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
Brother of Thomas Forbes, of 38, Hyde Rd., Gorton, Manchester.
A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:
In loving memory of Pte. W. Forbes, Z.A.C.