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Durham [11]

Gateshead, Durham [10]

Newcastle, Northumberland [7]

Bow, London [4]

Echuca Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Altrincham, Cheshire [3]

Dungog New South Wales [3]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

South Shields, Durham [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Besthorpe, Norfolk [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Edenhope Victoria [2]

Essendon Victoria [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Innisfail Queensland [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

New Luce Scotland [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newchurch, Isle of Wight [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Newtown New South Wales [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Stepney, Middlesex [2]

Streatham, Surrey [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Wallsend New South Wales [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

All Saints, Warwickshire [1]

Arminghall, Norfolk [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballinure Co Monaghan [1]

Ballymote, Sligo [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bamford Speke, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [952]

Gunner [116]

Sapper [90]

Corporal [74]

Driver [73]

Serjeant [57]

Lieutenant [52]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Captain [38]

Lance Corporal [27]

Major [18]

Bombardier [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Pioneer [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Worker [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Commander [3]

Nurse [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

1st Class Stoker [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bandsman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [164]

Northumberland Fusiliers [158]

Royal Field Artillery [124]

Durham Light Infantry [120]

Army Service Corps [106]

Labour Corps [101]

Royal Garrison Artillery [74]

Royal Army Medical Corps [53]

London Regiment [51]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Yorkshire Regiment [42]

Cheshire Regiment [39]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Manchester Regiment [24]

Royal Naval Division [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Border Regiment [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

West Riding Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Corps of Hussars [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Hussars [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

East Kent Regiment [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1547]

Royal Navy [166]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99]

Australian Imperial Force [92]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [89]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

F [2048]

A [7]

B [1]

G [1]

H [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2016]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

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Durham [11] Gateshead, Durham [10] Newcastle, Northumberland [7] Bow, London [4] Echuca Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Altrincham, Cheshire [3] Dungog New South Wales [3] Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] South Shields, Durham [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Albert Park Victoria [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Besthorpe, Norfolk [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Edenhope Victoria [2] Essendon Victoria [2] Fulham, London [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Innisfail Queensland [2] Kennington, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] New Luce Scotland [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newchurch, Isle of Wight [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Newtown New South Wales [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Stepney, Middlesex [2] Streatham, Surrey [2] Strood, Kent [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Wallsend New South Wales [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Albury New South Wales [1] All Saints, Warwickshire [1] Arminghall, Norfolk [1] Auckland [1] Ballinure Co Monaghan [1] Ballymote, Sligo [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bamford Speke, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [952] Gunner [116] Sapper [90] Corporal [74] Driver [73] Serjeant [57] Lieutenant [52] Second Lieutenant [52] Captain [38] Lance Corporal [27] Major [18] Bombardier [13] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Pioneer [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Temporary Captain [5] Worker [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Commander [3] Nurse [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] 1st Class Stoker [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bandsman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rear Admiral [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [164] Northumberland Fusiliers [158] Royal Field Artillery [124] Durham Light Infantry [120] Army Service Corps [106] Labour Corps [101] Royal Garrison Artillery [74] Royal Army Medical Corps [53] London Regiment [51] Machine Gun Corps [42] Yorkshire Regiment [42] Cheshire Regiment [39] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Royal Fusiliers [32] Liverpool Regiment [31] Manchester Regiment [24] Royal Naval Division [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Border Regiment [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] South Lancashire Regiment [18] West Riding Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [15] Welsh Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Corps of Hussars [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Norfolk Regiment [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Royal Army Service Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Hussars [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Coldstream Guards [9] East Kent Regiment [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Tank Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1547] Royal Navy [166] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99] Australian Imperial Force [92] Canadian Expeditionary Force [89] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

F [2048] A [7] B [1] G [1] H [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2016] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

Walter Johnson Forster

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Forster

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 24842 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Ralph Forster

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 22412 Private Grenadier Guards

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Wilfred George Forster

Born 1887

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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William Graves Irwin Forster

Born 1879

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force 6926

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Norman Fred Forster

Died 1919

British Army 17/292 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Alfred Henry Forster

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons

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Robert Forster

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 751528 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2285 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Edmund Forster

Born 1888

Died 1944

Royal Navy 9/2191 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy London 9/2191 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Battalion

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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John Thomas Forster

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 31215 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 55358 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Forster

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 24048 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot

British Army 24048 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Forster

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6816 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Henry William Forster

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5268 Private London Regiment

British Army 5268 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Edward Morgan Forster

Born 1879

Died 1970

British Army Searcher British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Walter James Forster

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 55151 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 55151 Driver Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery No. 121 Battery Royal Field Artillery landing in France on 19th August 1914

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Charlton Waggett Forster

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 14486 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 14486 Private Yorkshire Regiment 7th Bn

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John Forster

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army W/229 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frederick Izon Forster

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 19335 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 19335 Private The Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Douglas Forster

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92334

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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James Forster

Died 1916

British Army 5018 Private London Regiment

British Army 5018 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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