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Name: FORRESTER, Alton Clyde
Nee: son of Henry George, bro of Calvert Allen. Percy Cromwell, Harry Clement, William John and Richard Raymond Forrester
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1886 Shrewsbury, Eastern Cape, S. Africa
Death Date: 25 Sep 1914 Ingito Hills, Tanganyika, killed in action at Mgoti
First Date: 1911
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Farmed near Thomson's Falls. On the outbreak of WW1 he joined the EAMR
Area: Thomson's Falls
Book Reference: Gillett, Hut, EAMR, CWGC, Gazette, Nicholls
War Service: Joined EAMR at outbreak of WW1, killed in action 25/9/1914, EAMR C Sqdn. 10/9/14
General Information:
CWGC - A.C. Forrester, Trooper 212, EAMR, killed in action Friday 25th September 1914. Son of Mr L.A. Forrester, of Nyeri, West Kenya. Nairobi British and Indian Memorial.
Nicholls - One of four brothers who came to East Africa in 1912 and took up farming at Rumuruti. He had joined up a week before his death.
Hut has Alton Forrester 1911 Nanyuki
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Kenya Province - Leonore Alice Forrester, Widow PO Rumuruti (his mother)