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Military service
Service number:
J/86761
Age:
29
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
February 21, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of Archibald and Helen Forrest, of Trail, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Forrest
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Grave marker
Took a picture of the gravestone while visiting the cemetery. -
Cemetery
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Memorial
Pilot Officer William Forrest is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Forrest is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM FORREST
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM FORREST
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Other
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
2nd row far left. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Forrest
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 307 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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