In Memory Of

FORTH, WILLIE VAUGHAN

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1894-03-23
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Spec. Mem. I. C. 26.
Cemetery:
 BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Charles Edward and Christina Mary Forth, of Currie Road, Durban, Natal. Born Durban. Educated at Durban High School and Hilton College, Natal. Served in German South West Africa. An articled clerk. Commemoration stone in Durban (Red Hill) Cemetery