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Second Lieutenant THOMAS BURTON FORSTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT

V. A. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Gen. John Burton Forster, C.B., and Olive Edith Mary Forster (nee Sergent); husband of Florence Gilmour (formerly Forster), of 646, Walker Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription "REDDE DIEM"
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Buried or commemorated at

CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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