Forward, Francis Charles Miller, son of Francis Edward Forward, F.R.C.S., of Holloway, by Jane Elizabeth Miller, daughter of John Scotland McDonald, of Antigua, Leeward Islands; b. April 7, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst Jan. 1917; 2nd Lieut. Indian Army Dec. 21, 1917; served in the third Afghanistan campaign N. W. Frontier 1919, in Egypt Jan.- Dec. 1920, and in the Waziristan Campaign N. W. Frontier 1921-2; retired July 1922; adm. a solicitor June 1925; m. April 14, 1923, Irene Brundle, daughter of James Knight Pearce, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Forwood, Christopher Robert, son of Stanley Muspratt Forwood of Hampstead and Kitty, d. of Robert Scott of Dumfries; b. 24 Mar. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (H); left Apr. 1927; Univ. of Poitiers 1927-8; Intell. Corps 1940-5 (Maj.); HM Foreign Service 1946-56; an importer-exporter San Francisco, retd 1986; m. 18 Dec. 1936 Constance Phyllis Maureen, sister of George Edward Desmond Halahan (qv); d. 28 Aug. 1995.
FOSTER, ALGERNON CRAWFORD, eldest son of Morgan Hugh Foster CB, Brickhill, Bedfordshire, Principal Financial Officer, HM Treasury, subsequently Governor and Dir. -Gen. Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople, and Mary, dau. of George Flint; b. 1 Dec 1839; adm. 8 Jun 1853 (Scott's); d. unm. in India 26 Aug 1869.
Foster, Arthur Leslie, son of Norman Robert Foster, of Wimbledon, by Mary Leslie, daughter of John Taylor, of Cupar, Fife; b. Nov. 1, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left July 1900; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1908; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Feb. 4, 1908; Capt. Aug. 4, 1911; acting Major April 20 - July 30, 1919, and Aug. 1, 1919 - Feb. 3, 1920; Major Feb. 4, 1920; served with the Aden Field Force July 3, 1915 - Oct. 31, 1918; Lieut.-Col. Nov. 25, 1932; Col. Oct. 10, 1936; retired 1936; m. 1st Nov. 14, 1908, Edith Kate, sister of Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (q.v.); 2nd June 9, 1937, Olive Beatrice, only daughter of D. W. Jacobs, of Wrexham, Flint; d. Aug. 16, 1956.
Foster, Harry Gordon, second son of Sir Harry Seymour Foster, M. P., of Pimlico, by Amy, second daughter of John Sparks, of Eastbourne, Sussex; b. July 12, 1884; adm. from Tonbridge School Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left July 1900; a master mariner in the Mercantile Marine; served in R. N. R. in Great War I; d. at Basra, Persian Gulf, Sept. 1, 1922.
FOSTER, HEDLEY TURNER PLIMSAUL, son of Joseph W. Foster, Hogarth Road, London, solicitor; b. 13 Aug 1863; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1876; left Dec 1879; adm. solicitor Apr 1886; practised in Gracechurch Street, London, and Great Marlow, Bucks.; m. Frances ---; d. 9 Apr 1898.
Foster, John Birkhead, son of Joshua James Foster, of Upper Tooting, by Bertha Woodman, daughter of George Carter, of Lewknor, co. Oxon.; b. Jan. 21, 1894; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left July 1912; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1915; branch sec. of the Agricultural Organization Society 1916-21; organizing sec. National Farmers Union 1921-36; president of the London Natural History Society 1939; m. Sept. 3, 1932, Oonah Elizabeth, daughter of William Geoghegan, M.B.E., of Wimbledon; d. 1970.
Foster, Norman Leslie, son of Arthur Leslie Foster (qv); b. 26 Aug. 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left Dec. 1927; RMA Woolwich 1928-9; 2nd Lieut. RA Aug. 1929, Lieut. Aug. 1932. Capt. Aug. 1938, Maj. July 1946, Lieut.-Col. Apr. 1952, Col. Dec. 1954, Brigadier Dec. 1958, Maj.-Gen. 1959; psc 1940, jssc 1947; served 1939-45 in Egypt and Italy; despatches (Africa) Apr. 1944; DSO (Italy) June 1945; CRA 11 Armoured Divn 1955-6; Imp. Defence Coll 1957; dep. Military Sec. War Office 1958-9; GOC Roy. Nigerian Army 1959-62; CB June 1961; pres. Regular Commissions Board 1962-5; retd 1965; Col. Commandant Roy. Regt of Artillery 1966-74; security adviser Civil Service Dept 1974-9; chairman Truman & Knightley Educauonal Trust 1977-80, pres. 1982-7; m. 20 July 1937 Joan Constance, d. of Rev. Thomas William Ernest Drury, Canon and Precentor of St Patrick, Dublin; d. 3 Jan. 1995.
Foster, Stanley Philip John, son of Stanley Charles Foster, civil servant, and Jessie Ellen Foster; b. 10 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1929; RA in WW2 (Capt.); Westland Helicopters, Yeovil, 1968-76; m. 5 Sept. 1936 Gwyneth Beryl, d. of Burford Congdon of Purley, Surrey; d. 6 Dec. 1979.
FOSTER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Foster, Herts. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, f. 224).