Name: Kenneth Rae Forrester Rank: Major Service Number: Officer Service: Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Date of Birth: November 25, 1880 Place of Birth: Hampstead, Middlesex (London), England Date of Enlistment: September 15, 1939 Place of Enlistment: Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 58 Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Brown Occupation: Soldier Religion: Anglican Marital Status: Married Next of Kin: Dorothy Forrester (Daughter), Bear River, NS Date of Death: February 10, 1942 Age: 61 Cemetery: Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Grave: Range 18, Lot 19 Commemorated on Page 74 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 18 Kenneth Rae Forrester was the son of John Rae Forrester (1839-1912) and Caroline Augusta Dinah (Beale) Forrester (1858-1899) of England, and the brother of Percy Rae Forrester (1882-1968). Kenneth’s death certificate records his birth year as 1879, the 1921 census and his WWII enlistment record; as 1881, and his birth record confirms it was 1880. Kenneth was the husband of Annie Caroline (Gossip) Forrester (1886-1940), and the father of Dorothy Margery Forrester (1911-1958), of Bear River, Nova Scotia. Annie died in 1940, and Kenneth’s daughter Dorothy was listed as his next of kin in WWII. His other 3 children were Sergeant Major John Rae Forrester, CD (1907-1991), Caroline Augusta Forrester (1911-1912), and Margaret (Margret) Forrester (1915-1987). Prior to WWII, Major Forrester served for 26 years in the Permanent Force of the Canadian Army from September 2, 1910 to September 18, 1936. During WWI he served with the Canadian Ordnance Corps (June 21, 1918 - August 29, 1920). In the 1930’s, Kenneth was a Lieutenant in the Canadian Army. The family lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Because of his extensive ordnance experience, Kenneth was recalled from retirement on September 15, 1939, and employed with various responsible duties. In 1940, he served as Camp Ordnance Officer at Camp Borden in Ontario. He served as the DODOS (Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnances Services) with National Defence Headquarters; however, relinquished this appointment on December 31, 1940, to assume other wartime responsibilities and duties. Promoted to the rank of Major on January 1, 1941, he continued to serve with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. Major Kenneth Forrester died of lung cancer at the Camp Hill Military Hospital on February 10, 1942. Major Forrester is interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave