Lieutenant Donald Brotchie Forbes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Forbes,
Donald Brotchie
Date of birth: 1886-03-17
Place of birth: Greenock Scotland
Next of kin: John Forbes, 39 Archgro? St, Greenock, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Chartered Accountant
Occupation (normalized): Accountant, General
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Ecoivres Military Cemetery, V. F. 6.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 65231
LAC ID:
395320
Service file: B3179-S056
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John and Elizabeth Forbes, of Greenock, Scotland.
Military experience with 103rd C.R.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-04