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{{Personnel
|id=2251
|Surname and forenames=Forrester Alfred
|Army number=4688313
|Rank=Pte
|Age=33
|Unit=KOYLI, 10 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Alfred and Sophia Forrester, husband of Evelyn Emma Forrester, West Bromwich.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Private
 |Decorations=None known other than service medals.
-|Date of birth=Born West Bromwich 1910/11.
+|Date of birth=Born West Bromwich 1910/11.  Actual date not yet ascertained.
 |Age=33
-|Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Enlistment Book not available). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Enlistment Book not available). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.

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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44.  Interred initially at Fontenay-le-Pesnel, map reference 7F/1 1/50,000 872674 alongside Pte Rannard.  Subsequently re-buried Grave VIII. H. 1. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville.  Headstone inscription reads: "GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT OUR HEARTS. EVELYN AND MAUREEN".
+|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 29-Jun-44.  Interred initially at Fontenay-le-Pesnel, map reference 7F/1 1/50,000 872674 alongside the remains of Pte Rannard.  Subsequently re-buried 15/6/1945 in Grave VIII. H. 1. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville.  Headstone inscription reads: "GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT OUR HEARTS. EVELYN AND MAUREEN".
 |Home address=Resident of West Bromwich.  Son of Alfred and Sophia Forrester, husband of Evelyn Emma Forrester, West Bromwich.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Enlistment Book not available). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40.
-|Company or Battery=Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or Role=Not yet known.
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.

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 |Army number=4688313
 |Rank=Private
 |Date of birth=Born West Bromwich 1910/11.
 |Age=33
 |Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Enlistment Book not available). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44.  Interred initially at Fontenay-le-Pesnel, map reference 7F/1 1/50,000 872674 alongside Pte Rannard.  Subsequently re-buried Grave VIII. H. 1. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville.  Headstone inscription reads: "GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT OUR HEARTS. EVELYN AND MAUREEN".
 |Home address=Resident of West Bromwich.  Son of Alfred and Sophia Forrester, husband of Evelyn Emma Forrester, West Bromwich.
 |Source table=10DLI
-|Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Forrester Alfred
 |Army number=4688313
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private
 |Date of birth=Born West Bromwich 1910/11.
 |Age=33
-|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Book not available. Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Enlistment Book not available). Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
 |Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44.  Interred initially at Fontenay-le-Pesnel, map reference 7F/1 1/50,000 872674 alongside Pte Rannard.  Subsequently re-buried Grave VIII. H. 1. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville.  Headstone inscription reads: "GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT OUR HEARTS. EVELYN AND MAUREEN".
 |Home address=Resident of West Bromwich.  Son of Alfred and Sophia Forrester, husband of Evelyn Emma Forrester, West Bromwich.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=33
-|Unit=KOYLI, 10 DLI
+|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Book not available, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, KILLED in ACTION 29/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Died/Killed in action=29/6/1944 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=29-Jun-44
-|Home address=Son of Alfred and Sophia Forrester, husband of Evelyn Emma Forrester, West Bromwich.
+|Home address=Son of Alfred and Sophia Forrester, husband of Evelyn Emma Forrester, West Bromwich.  Buried Grave VIII. H. 1. Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}