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Military service
Service number:
228278
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
September 14, 1888
Death:
March 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1.B. 11.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Forrester, of 54, Gordon St., Burton-on-Trent.
Digital gallery of Private George Harry Forrester
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Newspaper Clipping
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Town Hall
This is the Town Hall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. There is a Roll of Honour inside on which George's name is commemorated. -
Roll of Honour
The Roll of Honour inside the Town Hall Burton-on-Trent. -
Inscription
George's name commemorated on the Roll of Honour. He was a Bookeeper by occupation. He enlisted on 4th April 1916 at Toronto and was living at 71 Dowling St., Toronto at the time. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Canadian Cemetery No 2
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Digital gallery of
Private George Harry Forrester
Digital gallery of
Private George Harry Forrester
Digital gallery of
Private George Harry Forrester
Digital gallery of
Private George Harry Forrester
Digital gallery of
Private George Harry Forrester
Digital gallery of
Private George Harry Forrester
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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