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Gabriel Forster

Gabriel Forster

Born:
1898

Basic Information

Unique reference:
FOR6806
Gender:
Male

Birth

Date of birth:
1898
Place of birth:
Leeds

Death

Died in combat?:
No

Places

Addresses

5 Grove Terrace Leeds (1901)
13 Grange Crescent Leeds (1911)

Wounded

Gabriel received a gunshot wound to his right leg in April 1918 in Arras, resulting in his leg having to be amputated below the knee at the No. 1 Canadian General Hospital in Etaples, France.

He was then shipped back to the UK, and treated in Edinburgh War Hospital and 2nd Northern General Hospital at Beckett Park, Leeds, where he was fitted with an artificial limb in May 1919.

Family

Siblings

Florrie Forster (female)
Ray Forster (female)
Leslie Forster (male)

Parents

Father: John Marks Forster (male)
Mother: Millie Forster (female)

Military Record

Military service:
Army
Military record no.:
403093
Date enlisted/conscripted:
14 September 1914
Date discharged/death:
26 August 1919
Rank at discharge/death:
Lance Corporal
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Army Medical Corps
Battalion/unit:
2/2nd West Riding Field Ambulance

Roll of Honour

FORSTER

British Jewry Book of Honour - Page 542

Other Occupations

Type of employment:
Wholesale Warehouse
Position:
Apprentice

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