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Military service
Service number:
A/863
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
1st Coy.
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of Beatrice Agnes Forbes, of Alvinston, Ontario, and the late Dr. Arthur Daniel Forbes, M.D.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Arthur Wellesley Forbes
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Newspaper Clipping
From the East Elgin Tribune (Aylmer Sun) for 5 October 1916. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
Letter to Arthur Forbes' mother concerning the death of her son, published in the East Elgin Tribune (Aylmer Sun) for 5 October 1916, page 8. -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Wellesley Forbes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Wellesley Forbes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Wellesley Forbes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Wellesley Forbes
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Arthur Wellesley Forbes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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