Service Details
Name:
 FORSTER
Given Name:
 ERIC MURRAY
Initials:
 E M
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Essex Regiment
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Unit:
 3rd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-05-03
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of James Young Forster, J.P., of Ravensworth, Sutton, Surrey. Educated at Llandovery from 1911 to 1912, Eric continued his education at Malvern College, where he was a member of the School O.T.C. After leaving school, Eric entered the Government Agricultural College at Cedars, Natal, and in 1915 he was farming in Rhodesia. In 1916 Eric Forster returned to Britain to enlist, and spent 4 months in an Officers Training unit, before being commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment in October 1916. In January 1917, Eric embarked for France, where he joined the Royal Flying Corps.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 K. 2.

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