Name
George Norman Bowes Forster (CMG, DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/04/1918
45
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Brigadier General
General Staff
42nd Infantry Brigade and Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Commaning)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Companion of St Michael & St George, Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Panel 1
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 5 Oct 1872 and baptised on 26 Oct 1872 in Trichinopoly, Madras, India son of Lt. Gen. Bowes Lennox Forster R.A. and Jessie Kate Forster. Educated at the United Services College 1886-89 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire regiment in 1893. Served in the Nile expedition 1898 and in the South African War 1899-1902. He married Margaret Ethel Gilchrist on 15 Nov 1902 in Madras, India.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 4 Oct 1914 with the 7th Bn. Royal Warwickshires and eventually commanded it. He was wounded twice and was awarded DSO in 1917. In Aug 1917 he commanded 42nd Infantry Brigade. On 4 Apr 1918 near Hamel the Brigade HQ was only 500 yards behind the front line and was overrun by the enemy and surrounded. Brig Gen Forster initially escaped but was reported missing presumed dead.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
