Photo: James Pasby
of 16 Edmund Road. Son of Thomas and Frances Forster, of 15 Dale Street, Crawerook, Ryton, Co. Durham. Injured 28 August 1940, at Coventry; died at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital.
In Ryton Cemetery is a headstone which reads:-
Treasured memories of
Robert
beloved son of
Thomas and Frances Forster
killed by enemy action Aug. 29th 1940
aged 26 years
Thomas Forster is not remembered on a local War Memorial.