Forster Robert Pte 4452622
Personnel Entry
Name Forster Robert
Army number 4452622
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 7/5/1920 registered in Q2 1920 in in Houghton District, County Durham. Further research needed to clarify mother's maiden name (Forster or Henderson).
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 6/7/1937. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Embodied 1/9/1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI. ? BEF. Served Iceland. Trf Royal Army Service Corps 26/11/42. Re-enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, TA, 17/6/47.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered Sunderland November 1997, aged 77.
Home address No clear family information as yet.
Source table 11DLI