Captain G R Forster, 19th Durham Light Infantry, was killed in action on August 25, 1917. He was at St Bees School from 1908-10. At the outbreak of war he joined the 16th Northumberland Fusiliers. In May 1915 he was granted a commission in the 19th Durham Light Infantry and was gazetted Captain in April 1916. He was mentioned in despatches in October 1916. His battalion was ordered to retake some trenches that had been lost, and it was in leading his company in this assault that he was killed. He was buried at Villersfaucen.
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