Born Port Glasgow. Apprentice Draughtsman with Clyde Shipbuilding, lived 63 Princes Street. 

Forbes family would motor to Dunfermline when the 1/5 Battalion was stationed there.

Attested 1911 by Donald Main. 1st Class machine gunner. With the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1/6/15 - 14/4/16. Fought at Dardanelles. Discharged 28/4/1916.