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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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Place of birth

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]

Henry William Forster

Died 1917

British Army 27074 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Frederick Albert Forster

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Forster

Died 1918

British Army 28057 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 91934 Private Tank Corps

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Thomas Forster

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107712

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Robert Halford Forster

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61405

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Arthur William Forster

Born 1895

Died 1977

Australian Imperial Force 1238

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Harold Thomas Forster

Died 1918

British Army 5670 Company Serjeant Major Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Major Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Henry Forster

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47490

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Herbert Forster

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 42610 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

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Louis Henry Forster

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 79940 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 79940 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1488th Battery

British Army 79940 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Clearing Office

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Richard Stanley Forster

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67510

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George Henry Forster

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53699

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Robert Forster

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309866

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Phillip J Forster

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6901 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Ernest Wilson Forster

Born 1898

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142131 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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Samuel Irwin Forster

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1384

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Harry Forster

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3097

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Stanley Forster

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31620

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Reginald Forster

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91321

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Frederick James Forster

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50198

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