Soldiers Died in the Great War gives his surname as "Foster" and says that he enlisted in Alnwick.
"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.
His brother Norman also died.
John Edward Forster is remembered in Chevington on C27.01, C27.02, in East Chevington on E7.01
He also included as "Foster" in the Battalion History
