Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Forbes
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 13938
- Rank: Lance Sergeant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
- Place of Death: Greece
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 24.10.1916
- Burial Country: Greece
- Cemetery: Karasouli Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: E.1134
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Tealing
- Address: 8 Patons Lane, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Edith Agnes McCullie Danskin Forbes, 8 Patons Lane, Dundee
- Children:
More about James Forbes
James Forbes 13938 Royal Scottish Fusiliers
FORBES___Killed in action, on 24th October, 13938 L-Sergeant James Forbes, R.S.F., aged 26, dearly beloved husband of Edith Danskin, Paton’s Lane. Inserted by his sorrowing widow.
Dundee People’s Journal 4th November 1916
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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