Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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James Henderson Forbes
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 301493
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Staffordshire Yeomanry
- Unit/Ship: 1st/1st Battalion
- Place of Death: Israel/Palestine
- Age at Death: 22
- Date of Death: 22.10.1918
- Burial Country: Israel/Palestine
- Cemetery: Beirut War Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: 65.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: St Andrews
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Catherine Forbes, 18 Charlotte Pl, Rose St, Dundee
- Father:
Charles Forbes, 18 Charlotte Pl, Rose St, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Henderson Forbes
James Henderson Forbes 301493 Staffordshire Yeomanry
FORBES―At Egypt, on 22d October 1918, of pneumonia, Trooper James Henderson, youngest son of Charles and Catherine Forbes, 12 Charlotte Place, Dundee.
Dundee Evening Telegraph 28th October 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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