Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	The Hon. Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil
Initials	THAOWC
Last Name	Weld-Forester, M.v.o.
Source	8901460

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Coronation Delhi Durbar	India	military residence address	known 12th December 1911

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Grenadier Guards	1st Battalion	Major
British Army	Grenadier Guards		Major
British Army	Grenadier Guards		Second Lieutenant
British Army	Grenadier Guards		Captain

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star with Clasp	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Coronation Delhi Durbar Medal 1911	Other War Service Award
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Emma Georgina Dixie	mother
Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester	father

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription	Hannah21187
British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription	Hannah21187
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Hannah21187
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Hannah21187
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Hannah21187

Reference	Connected by	More information
The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld Forester	Hannah21187
IWM - Major Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld-Forester	R58235
Major the Hon A O W C Weld-Forester MVO	R58235
MIC - image [Mentioned in Despatches]	R58235
London Gazette 16 April 1915 - Notice for creditors	R58235
London Gazette 3 April 1896 - Second Lieutenant	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 3, 1899 - Grenadier Guards	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1905.	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1907. - Adjutant	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1910 - end of Adjutancy	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 6 JANUARY, 1911 - seconded for service on the Staff	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 24 JANUARY, 1911. - India (Aide-de-Camp)	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 FEBRUARY, 1912 - M.V.O.	R58235
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 SEPTEMBER, 1912 - Major	R58235
LONDON GAZETTE, 17 FEBRUARY, 1915 - Mentioned in Despatches	R58235
The Peerage	Beverly42842
MIC image (Ancestry)	R58235
Harrow Memorials: Major The Hon A O W C Weld Forester	Hannah21187
Hart's Annual Army List 1898	Keith133517
Medal Roll of Delhi Durbar Medal 1911	Keith133517

Title	Connected by	More information
The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur O W C W Forester	Hannah21187
Harrow memorials: The Hon. A O W C Weld Forester	Hannah21187
Delhi Durbar 1911 Royal Pavilion	Keith133517
Delhi Durbar Medal 1911	Keith133517

ID: 2509383

Reference: WO372/7

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D3523392
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2512084

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8579609

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 137

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld Forester

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/136/mode/2up
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ID: 8579612

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur O W C W Forester

Description: In uniform, as featured in "The Bond of Sacrifice"

Connected by: Hannah21187

The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur O W C W Forester

ID: 8579620

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/290348

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 8579621

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/469

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

ID: 8579622

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: BMD/B/1877/3/AZ/000579/236

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8579623

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: BMD/D/1914/4/AZ/000331/071

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8847726

Name: HU 122241

Title: IWM - Major Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld-Forester

Description: Major Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld-Forester MVO. Unit: Commanding the King's Company of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 1 November 1914, died from wounds received on 29 October 1914 (at Ypres) in hospital in London

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205295965
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ID: 8847734

Title: Major the Hon A O W C Weld-Forester MVO

Description: Biography

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/grenadierweldforester.htm
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ID: 8847738

Title: MIC - image [Mentioned in Despatches]

Description: MiD

Connected by: R58235

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1262/30850_A001836-02281/10992367?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dMedalRolls%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_r_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsln%3dweld%2bforester%26gsln_x%3d1%26_F00061C3%3dgrenadier%2bguards%26_F00061C3_x%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d2y5&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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ID: 8847745

Title: London Gazette 16 April 1915 - Notice for creditors

Description: Major the Honourable ARTHUR ORLANDO WOLSTAN CECIL WELD FORESTER, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the Statute 22 and 23 Vic., cap. 35, that all Creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of the Honourable Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld Forester, M.V.O., late of Chantrey House, Eccleston-street, in the county of London, a Major in His Majesty's Grenadier Guards, deceased (who died on the 1st day of November, 1914, ...

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29133/page/3762
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ID: 8847748

Title: London Gazette 3 April 1896 - Second Lieutenant

Description: 3rd Battalion, the King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), The Honourable Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld Forester to be Second Lieutenant. Dated 4th April, 1896

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29133/page/3762
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ID: 8847753

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 3, 1899 - Grenadier Guards

Description: GRENADIER GUARDS. Second Lieutenant the Honourable Arthur O. W. C. Weld Forester to be Lieutenant, vice the Honourable E. D. Loch, D.S.O., seconded. Dated 9th October, 1899.

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27132/page/6602
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ID: 8847760

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1905.

Description: GRENADIERGUARDS ... Lieutenant John Salusbury Hughes, from 4th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment, in succession to Lieutenant The Honourable A. O. W. C.. Weld Forester, promoted.

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27830/page/5840
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ID: 8847761

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1907. - Adjutant

Description: GRENADIER GUARDS. Captain The Honourable Arthur O. W. C. Weld Forester to be Adjutant, vice G. C. Hamilton, who has resigned that appointment Dated 1st January, 1907

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27983/page/118
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ID: 8847765

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1910 - end of Adjutancy

Description: Lieutenant Ebenezer J. L. Pike to be Adjutant, vice Captain The Honourable A. O. W. C. Weld Forester. Dated 1st January, 1910

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28325/page/32
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ID: 8847767

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 6 JANUARY, 1911 - seconded for service on the Staff

Description: Grenadier Guards, Captain The Honourable Arthur O. W. C. Weld Forester is seconded for service on the Staff. Dated 28th October, 1910

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28454/page/129
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ID: 8847773

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 24 JANUARY, 1911. - India (Aide-de-Camp)

Description: The following appointments have been made to the Staff in India: — PERSONAL STAFF OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Dated 23rd November, 1910 .... To be Aides-de-Camp. ... Captain the Hon. A. O. W. C. Weld-Forester, Grenadier Guards

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28459/page/602
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ID: 8847780

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 FEBRUARY, 1912 - M.V.O.

Description: The KING has been graciously pleased to make the following promotions in and appointments to the Royal Victorian Order to take effect from the dates noted: ... To be Members of the Fourth Class ... January 4th, 1912. Captain the Honourable Arthur Wolstan Weld-Forester, Grenadier Guards, A.D.C. to the Governor-General of India

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28580/page/1048
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ID: 8847782

Title: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 SEPTEMBER, 1912 - Major

Description: Grenadier Guards, Captain The Honourable Arthur O. W. C. Weld Forester, M.V.O., to be Major. Dated 3rd September, 1912

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28644/page/6786
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ID: 8847786

Title: LONDON GAZETTE, 17 FEBRUARY, 1915 - Mentioned in Despatches

Description: 1ST BATTALION, GRENADIER GUARDS ... Weld Forester, Major Honourable A. O. W. C., M.V.O. (killed in action).

Connected by: R58235

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29072/supplement/1658
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ID: 8901460

Title: The Peerage

Description: Information on the Peerage

Connected by: Beverly42842

URL: http://www.thepeerage.com
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Additional: Name match

ID: 9060454

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Hannah21187

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1006931

ID: 9061046

Title: MIC image (Ancestry)

Description: [France & Belgium] 4-10-14 = 14 Star & clasp, BWM, VM

Connected by: R58235

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ID: 9198861

Name: Harrow memorials of the great war, vol. 1, pg 77

Title: Harrow Memorials: Major The Hon A O W C Weld Forester

Description: Entry in "Harrow memorials of the great war"

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/harrowmemorialso01warn#page/n75/mode/2up
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ID: 9198863

Title: Harrow memorials: The Hon. A O W C Weld Forester

Description: As featured in "Harrow memorials of the great war"

Connected by: Hannah21187

Additional: Entry in "Harrow Memorials" freely available at www.archive.org

Harrow memorials: The Hon. A O W C Weld Forester

ID: 9527406

Name: Page 220

Title: Hart's Annual Army List 1898

Description: Officer's career record

Connected by: Keith133517

URL: https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/100765535
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ID: 9551906

Title: Delhi Durbar 1911 Royal Pavilion

Connected by: Keith133517

ID: 9551907

Name: WO 100

Reference: National Archives

Title: Medal Roll of Delhi Durbar Medal 1911

Description: Medal Roll for Delhi Durbar 1911

Connected by: Keith133517

ID: 9551908

Title: Delhi Durbar Medal 1911

Connected by: Keith133517

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