In Memory Of

FORSTER, ERIC MURRAY

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 3rd Bn.
Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Essex Regiment
Date of Death:
 1917-05-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 K. 2.
Cemetery:
 ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
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.