Memorial

Second Lieutenant A L Forrest & Second Lieutenant L B Forrest

The blocks

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

St John's churchyard, Church Street, Pemberton, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN5 0DT, England

SD 54845 04747

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 91549
Description: Four Portland stone blocks which were the base for the substantive monument, probably a cross, which is absent. The inscription is incised.
Inscription: On the South face: Austin Lancelot Forrest/ 2nd Lieut 16th KRRC/ Killed in Action in France/ Sep 3rd 1916, Aged 23 years On the North face: Laurence Bernard Forrest/ 2nd Lieut. 16th KRRC/ Killed in Action in France/ May 20th 1917, Aged 19 years

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, unit, manner, country, and date of death, age
Order of names: Forenames, surname, rank, unit, manner, country, and date of death, age