Charles Gordon Forster (1897-1917)
Hawell man served with 18th DLI commemorated on Arras Memorial
Civil Parish: Wingate
Birth date: 1897
Death date: 18-May-1917
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: Wingate Post Office (1901 census, army service records)
Religion: Church of England
Employment: Clerk (army service record)
Family: Parents: Thomas Forster, Elizabeth Forster
Brothers: Harold Gibson Forster, Cecil Douglas Forster, Ralph, George B Forster, Robert A Forster
(Half-)sister: Ethel Mary Elizabeth Forster (army service record, 1901, 1911 censuses)
Military service:
18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, D Company
Regimental Number: 18/956
Enlisted: West Hartlepool, 26 October 1914
Joined, Cocken Hall, 27 October 1914
Disembarked: Egypt, 22 December 1915
Embarked: 5 March 1916
Disembarked, France: 11 March 1916
Appointed unpaid lance corporal: 28 August 1916
Paid lance corporal: 30 October 1916
Paid acting corporal: 4 March 1917
Died of wounds: 18 May 1917
Medal(s): Military Medal (London Gazette, 9 July 1917)
1914/15 Star
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Memorial(s): Arras Memorial, France
Wingate Holy Trinity Church, plaque (name recorded as Chas. J. Forster)
Gender: Male
Contributed by Daniel Hyatt | Durham County Record Office