{"id":4083,"date":"2023-07-20T21:15:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2023-07-20T22:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:15:42","slug":"forsyth-g-a-2nd-lt-8th-royal-fusiliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/forsyth-g-a-2nd-lt-8th-royal-fusiliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Forsyth G A 2nd Lt 8th Royal Fusiliers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forsyth G A 2nd Lt 8th Royal Fusiliers<\/p><\/div>\n

SECOND LIEUT. GORDON AMHURST FORSYTH, Royal Fusiliers was the son of David Cadenham\u00a0 Forsyth of the Stock Exchange and was born in London in December 1887. From Crump’s Private School at Woodford Green he eventually proceeded to K\u00f6nigsfeld in Baden and Nyon in Switzerland to complete his education. He became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1911.<\/p>\n

Enlisting as a private on the outbreak of war in the 12th Royal Fusiliers, he rose to the rank of Sergeant and after twelve months training at Shoreham Camp embarked with his regiment on 1 September 1915 for France. He took part in the battle of Loos, and was in action almost continuously in different parts of France and Belgium until June 1916, when, having been recommended for a commission, he joined the 8th Royal Fusiliers as Second Lieutenant, taking part in July and August in the battle of the Somme.<\/p>\n

On 21 August 1916 he was killed in the trenches by a mortar bomb and is buried in the Military Cemetery at Agny near Arras. During the few weeks he held his commission he endeared himself to his brother officers by his cheerful and happy manner.<\/p>\n

He married his cousin Edith Mary Allshorn Forsyth, daughter of W. S. A. Forsyth of the Stock Exchange, but left no issue.<\/p>\n

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918<\/strong><\/p>\n

FORSYTH GORDON AMHURST, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), s. of David Cadenhead Forsyth, of Holyrood, St. An- drew’s Drive, Skegness, and Stamford Hill, London, N., formerly a member of the Stock Exchange, London, by his wife, Thomasina, dau. of Thomas Adam- son; and brother to Private Douglas Chester Forsyth (q.v.); b. Amhurst Park, London, N., 29 Dec. 1887; educ. Crump’s School, Woodford Green, co. Essex, finishing at Konigsfeld, Black Forest, Germany, and Nyon, near Lausanne, Switzerland; was a member of the London Stock Exchange; enlisted in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 1 Sept. 1915, as a Sergt. in the 12th Royal Fusiliers; took part in the Battle of Loos on the 25th of that month, and the subsequent actions until Aug. 1916, when he was killed in action in the trenches near Agny by Arras, by a trench-mortar bomb. Buried in the Military Cemetery at Agny. Lieut. Royle (since killed) wrote: “I do not know if your son mentioned that we had not only met but were in the same company here; however, perhaps you will recall my staying at your house at Woodford Green some years ago. . . . Don was very popular the short time he was with us, and we all very much mourn his loss. It was exceptionally hard luck, as during the six days we were in the trenches at this quiet spot we only had three casualties, and they were all caused by the same trench mortar.” Unm.<\/p>\n

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SECOND LIEUT. GORDON AMHURST FORSYTH, Royal Fusiliers was the son of David Cadenham\u00a0 Forsyth of the Stock Exchange and was born in London in December 1887. From Crump’s Private School at Woodford Green he eventually proceeded to K\u00f6nigsfeld in Baden and Nyon in Switzerland to complete his education. He became a member of the Stock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-royal-fusiliers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4087,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083\/revisions\/4087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}