Second Lieutenant Alec Forbes (d.1916), Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
1916
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 50 cm
Collection: Cornwall's Regimental Museum, Bodmin
Accession number: P8600
The artist's son (and only child) by his first marriage to Elizabeth Adela Forbes, who had died of cancer in 1912. Alec Forbes was killed in the war later that year.
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