Major Alfred Blake Blake-Forster
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Blake-Forster,
Alfred Blake
Date of birth: 1867-07-04
Place of birth: Cheltenham Gloucestershire England
Next of kin: Jane Alice Lucy Blake-Forster, wife. 174 Jameson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Soldier
Occupation (normalized): Other Military Ranks
Address:
174 Jameson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1938-04-21
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 10220
Highest Rank:
Major
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-07-13 ?
- Major (Army). ? to 1920-05-31
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-04-01 to 1916-07-13
- Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-10-12 to 1916-04-14
- Sergeant-Major, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-22 to 1915-10-12
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded June 16, 1915 at Festubert
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
47779
Service file: B0804-S057
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Henry White Blake-Forster and Mary Anna Blake-Forster (nee Clarke); husband of Jane Alice Lucy Blake-Forster (nee Cunnington) married August 9, 1909
Date of Birth declared on Attestation papers was July 4, 1872 but birth record confirms the correct Date of Birth was July 4, 1867
Commissioned October 12, 1915
Returned to Canada April 1, 1916 on leave, but retained in Canada as an instructor and adjutant of Military District No. 2. He returned to the Permanent Force on May 31, 1920
Prior service with RCR
Uploader's Research notes: 3rd Battalion Nominal Roll [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry M.D. No. 2 Depot Headquarters Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Commission confirmed in London Gazette No. 29339, dated October 25, 1915, pg. 10499 Regimental Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Headquarters Major Army Canadian Infantry M.D. No. 2 Depot ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2016-12-15
Last modified: 2020-03-14