Service Details
Name:
 FORBES
Given Name:
 GORDON STEWART DRUMMOND
Initials:
 G S D
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 King's Own Scottish Borderers
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Unit:
 7th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-07-21
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Age:
 47
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 C M G, D S O
Citations:
 CMG LG 21 November 1910 (as Member of the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia); DSO LG 31 May 1901 (with Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry)
Additional
Information:
Son of Gen. Sir John Forbes, G.C.B., of Inverernan, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, and the late Lady Forbes (nee Drummond). Resided in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 I. 13.

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