George Norman Bowes Forster

George Norman Bowes Forster

Brigadier-General George Norman Bowes Forster, CMG, DSO (October 1872 – 4 April 1918) was a British Army officer. He was killed during the Battle of the Avre, commanding the 42nd Brigade, when his headquarters were overrun. According to one account, he was captured by the Germans, then shortly afterward was killed by a stray bullet.

His body was never found. He is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial, the most senior officer commemorated there.

References

  • Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 61–62.
  • "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.