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Pte. John Helm Forster
British Army 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.20th July 1917)
John Helm Forster served with the 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
He was aged 21 when he died on 20th July 1917.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Forster of 125 St. Paul's Road Jarrow, he was born in Jarrow and had enlisted in Newcastle. On the 1911 census he is recorded as: John Helm Forster age 14 Shop Assistant at Grocers is with his parents John William and Jane Forster at 125 St. Paul's Road, Jarrow.
John is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow and on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.