Commemorated on a family memorial in Burslem cemetery, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
Private 19237 John Forster, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment killed in action at Ypres 30th July 1917 aged 19, Son of John and Mary Cartlidge Forster of 24, Barber Street, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Information from is Military Record (Burnt Document)
18, October 1915, enlisted at Lichfield, Staffordshire for the duration of the war
4th July 1916 embarked for France
5th July 1916 arrived at Etaples, France
15th July 1916 he joined the 8th North Staffordshire Regiment in the field
23rd July 1916 whilst with the 8th North Staffordshire Regiment, wounded in action, (GSW) Gun shot the his left thigh
31st July 1917 in Ypres, killed in action
