Lot 425
AN OFFICERS TRIO TO THE GLOUCESTER YEOMANRY.
A 1914/15 Star named to Major R C Forster. Glouc Yeo. British War & Victory Medals named to Lt Col R C Forster, the three mounted for wear.
A 2 Lt in 1901
Captain in 1907
Major 1913
Lt Col 1915
In 1916 he became a Commandant of a Rest Camp.
Richard C Forster lived in Vasterne Manor, Wotton Bassett, which once belonged to Katherine Parr's family. (Henry V111)
Famous as a once fortified house, with Prison and various attached additions.
