Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William David Forbes
In memory of:
Private William David Forbes
September 19, 1916
Military Service
A/36242
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
4th Bn.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 87 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France
I. F. 8.
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
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