Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alastair Forbes-Menzies
In memory of:
Captain Alastair Forbes-Menzies
May 4, 1918
Military Service
25
Army
Royal Fusiliers
17th Bn.
Additional Information
June 1, 1892
Oban, Scotland
January 2, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Mrs. Forbes-Menzies, of 251, Pitsmoor Rd., Sheffield.
Commemorated on Page 591 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
VIII. P. 9.
Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of Alastair Forbes-Menzies – University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 22) - MENZIES, Allister Forbes: B.A. 1915; Enlisted Dec. 1914; Pte. 43rd Battn.; Transferred to Royal Fusiliers; 2nd Lieut.; Lieut,; Captain; Service in France; Wounded 28-4-17 and Nov. 1917; D.S.O.; Mentioned in Despatches twice; Recommended for M.C.; Killed in Action 4-5-18.
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