FORSYTH James Corson

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Corson 
  • Surname:
    FORSYTH
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    30th August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium, Grave I. B. 24.
  • Place of Birth:
    Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Agnes Forsyth, 23 Regent Square, Doncaster

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Further Information About FORSYTH James Corson

James Forsyth was the second son of James and Agnes Forsyth, late of ‘Glenbergh’, Chestnut Walk, Worcester.  He attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1899 to 1905 and was a keen cricketer who played in the school cricket team.  In 1911 he was working in the London office of the Delhi Bank, and later that year sailed for South America.  He was killed during the Third Battle of Ypres whilst the 1st Battalion was recuperating away from the main battlefield, being the only officer killed and one of the few casualties suffered at that time.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World by Mark Rogers, 1999.

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