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Son of Thomas and Mary Forbes, of Merrickville, Ontario. He stated he was a bricklayer and single. He served with the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment) and served with the 44th Battalion. Information courtesy of Merrickville Memorial Project, May 2002.
Digital gallery of Private Adolph Forbes
Digital gallery of
Private Adolph Forbes
Adolph Forbes is honoured on page 14 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
Digital gallery of
Private Adolph Forbes
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of
Private Adolph Forbes
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
Digital gallery of
Private Adolph Forbes
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
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Adolph Forbes is honoured on page 14 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003.
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This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War.
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Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
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Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VILLERS STATION CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.
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