WW2 1939/45 Star, Defence and War Medals all unnamed as issued, Territorial Efficiency Medal Militia named 3521962 SPR C FORRESTER RE. Missing IGS Burma 1930/1932.
Cecil Forrester was born on 3rd Jun 1907 at Ardwick, Manchester. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at 1927 at Ashton under Lyne, at the age of 18, serving with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and is entitled to the India General Service Medal 1908, with clasp for Burma 1930-32. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 1934. He rejoined the Royal Engineers (T.A.) on 13th Jun 1939, his home address at the time being at Stockport. He served in the BEF in France from October 1943 and later in the War in Persia and Iraq. Awarded the Efficiency Medal in Army Orders List Number 3 of July 1946. He died at Stockport in December 1972.
