Hello Everyone, Thank you for all of your message saying you enjoyed the Lunch and venue. We were very lucky with the weather, and able to enjoy the good views of the golf course and yes we will do it again next year, lets make it Sunday the 3rd October 2010 same venue. This web-page has some further info. http://www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/casualties_f.htm Forster, Lieutenant John Lindsey, 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps He was killed in action at Farquhar's Farm, near Ladysmith, October 30th, 1899. He was the eldest son of P F Forster of Malverley, East Woodhay, Hants, by his marriage with Annie Mary, daughter of J Lindsey, late 2nd Life Guards, was born March 1877, educated at Eton and entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps in April 1897, being promoted Lieutenant April 1899. On the outbreak of war, Lieutenant Forster was serving with his battalion in Ladysmith, and fell in his first battle. Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk List Admin

On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:12:11 +0100 "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> wrote: > Forster, Lieutenant John Lindsey, 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle > Corps > > He was killed in action at Farquhar's Farm, near Ladysmith, October > 30th, 1899. He was the eldest son of P F Forster of Malverley, East > Woodhay, Hants, by his marriage with Annie Mary, daughter of J > Lindsey, late 2nd Life Guards, was born March 1877, educated at Eton > and entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps in April 1897, being > promoted Lieutenant April 1899. On the outbreak of war, Lieutenant > Forster was serving with his battalion in Ladysmith, and fell in his > first battle. there was a whole mob of Forsters at Malverley in 1891 Paul Forster 48, Barrister at Law, born Islington Annie Forster 39 born Leamington, Warcs John Forster 14 born Paddington Hilda Forster 12 -do- Frederick Forster 11 -do- Arthur Forster 10 born Andover Evelyn Forster 7 -do- Herbert Forster 5 -do- Dorothy Forster 2, born Clatford and lots of domestic servants too Flora Lyttleton 30 Elizabeth H Clark 37 Annie Allum 18 Sarah Alexander 29 Elizabeth Older 24 Lilian Perrin 19 Frederick Franks 24 -- John Lewis Debian & the GeneWeb genealogical data server

On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:34:33 +0100 john lewis <zen57162@zen.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:12:11 +0100 > "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> wrote: > > > Forster, Lieutenant John Lindsey, 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle > > Corps > > > > He was killed in action at Farquhar's Farm, near Ladysmith, October > > 30th, 1899. He was the eldest son of P F Forster of Malverley, > > East Woodhay, Hants, by his marriage with Annie Mary, daughter of J > > Lindsey, late 2nd Life Guards, was born March 1877, educated at > > Eton and entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps in April 1897, being > > promoted Lieutenant April 1899. On the outbreak of war, Lieutenant > > Forster was serving with his battalion in Ladysmith, and fell in his > > first battle. and for completeness his grandfather John was born on Guernsey in 1807 and his grandmother "Sidney M" was a British subject born in Bordeaux in 1809. I suspected an error in writing down her name as the eldest son and next entry is a Sidney, but she is also Sidney Matilda in 1871 when John and family were living at Malverley, East Woodhay. There is also a dau, Sidney Eliza John was living at West Park, Rockbourne in 1851, was it his his parents who bought the house in 1920? West Park House " West Park was bought in 1770 by Sir Eyre Coote and stayed within the family until the 1920's when it was sold, although rumour has it that it was nearly lost in a card game, by yet another Sir Eyre Coote, at the turn of the twentieth century. The house, which was to the north of the column, close to the Roman villa, was eventually burnt down in 1943 whilst it was being used by the American army for wartime purposes." Malverleys "East of the Conservation Area, set on the crest of a south-facing slope, is the late Victorian building Malverleys - a long building of two-storeys and two wings, it is constructed of yellow brick with a slate roof. Glimpses of this country house can be seen from the lane, to the south, through the perimeter planting. Also to the south is a small gate lodge, again of yellow brick, with a large central chimney-stack." Calling Malverleys a 'late Victorian building' suggests it could have been rebuilt by the Forsters. -- John Lewis Debian & the GeneWeb genealogical data server