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Surname: FORREST
Forename(s): William Leslie
Place of Birth: Keighley, Yorkshire
Service No: 64104
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 6th Division
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1918-10-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VI. B. 31.
CWGC Cemetery: BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
William Leslie Forrest (born 7 January 1900) was the son of Sam Thornton and Elizabeth Forrest, née Braithwaite. Both parents were born at Bradford, Yorkshire.
1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 28, Peel Place, William L. Forrest, aged 1 year, born Keighley, son of Sam and Elizabeth Forrest.
1911 Steeton, Yorkshire Census: Nutt Head Cottage - William Leslie Forrest, aged 11 years, born Keighley, Yorkshire, son of Sam Thornton and Elizabeth Forrest.
The British Army Service Record for William Leslie Forrest exists but only one page seems to have survived.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wm. L. Forrest, 64101, W. York. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Wm Leslie Forrest, 64101, 1st W. York. R. Killed in Action 8.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Leslie Forrest, 64101, 1st Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 8.10.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Elizabeth. £7 17s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for William. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Elizabeth Forrest. Relationship: Mother. Address: 8, Southgate, Thornton Road, Bradford.
William is commemorated in the 'City of Bradford Great War 1914-1918 Roll of Honour'. There is also a memorial inscription to William on his grandparents headstone at Scholemoor Cemetery, Bradford.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FOREST, Leslie, formerly of Nutt Head, Steeton, killed in action.
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Private William Leslie FORREST
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th Division
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01 November 1918
STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN – Former Steeton Family's Loss
The sad news reached Steeton last weekend that Private Leslie Forrest, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thornton Forrest, now of Bradford, and formerly of Nut Head, Steeton, had fallen in action. Private Forrest was an old Steeton Council School boy, and on his last leave a few weeks back renewed acquaintance with his Steeton friends. Nineteen years of age, the young soldier, who was a youth of promise, had, when called to the Colours, been appointed as a traveller by Messrs. Hardman and Baxter, wholesale millinery salesmen, Bradford.
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