Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (David Wishart Forster) very fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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David Wishart Forster was born in Newfield, Durham and enlisted at Durham. Served initially in the Durham Light Infantry. Serving as a Private in the 10th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he was killed in action on 4 December 1917, aged 25 years. He was buried in the Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France.