147 Higher Audley Street, Blackburn // The Cottage, Knuzden, Blackburn
Beroep
Weaver (Knuzden Brook Mill)
Familie
Son of Isaac and Harriet (nee Fowler) Forrest
Extra informatie
Information
Left school at the age of 12 and then did a textiles course at Blackburn Technical College.
Militaire gegevens
Identificatienummer
129895
Rang
L/Cpl.
Regiment / Eenheid
P. Special Company Royal Engineers
Sterfdatum
Begraafplaats / Gedenkteken
Wieltje Farm Cemetery (Sint-Jan, Ieper), B.12
Andere informatie
Information 1
Confirmed by Bishop Gwynne 09.07.1917 - age 20 - R.I.P. Aug. 30th (sic).
Information 2
Tubby refers to Archie in a letter to his mother (12.08.1918).
Information 3
An oak chair in Archie's memory stands in the Upper Room of Talbot House, given by his comrades of 'P' Special (Gas) Company
Information 4
A room was endowed in his memory at Talbot House, London (Mark I) in 1920.
Information 5
In Nov. 1922, his sister Elizabeth was involved in setting up a group of the Toc H League of Women Helpers in Blackburn. His sister Ethel was present at the reopening of Talbot House at Easter 1931.
Information 6
Tubby covered Archie's story in his 'Plain Tales from Flanders' (1929).
