During the course of some family tree research, I discovered that my great-grandfather's brother,
Frank Forsdike, served and died with the 4th CMR. This discovery had a deep and profound effect on me,
but try as I might, I couldn't find any trace of his descendants. Shortly after, Ron, a retired US
Army Colonel helping me with my research into the regiment, put me in email contact with Sandy, a young
lady in Ontario also researching a 4th CMR relative. I emailed her an image of Frank and his fellow 'C'
Company soldiers (you can see this on the Gallery page). I was stunned when she
wrote back to tell me her grandfather, Francis Kidd, was in the picture too!
Sandy & I have been close friends since, and as I had connected her with her grandfather, my conviction
to provide a focal point for all 4th CMR relatives & researchers grew out of that friendship. One day,
I hoped, maybe Frank Forsdike's family would come across the site and also be reconnected to their relative.
As I have access to far more informed researchers than myself, I have the Regimental History, a copy of the
regiment's War Diary, and other sources of 4th CMR material at hand to help with your quest, please do drop
me a line, especially if you had a relative or research subject who served in the 4CMR. I would like to add
their names to the In Memoriam page, and have you stand with them, never forgotten.
I am delighted to tell you that there is happy ending to my personal quest. Frank's family did indeed contact me!!
See Frank's story and how 12 years of searching finally came to a close for me on Frank Forsdike's page.
I trust, nearly a century on, that can we pay the ultimate tribute to the men of the 4CMR by not letting them be forgotten.
Kindest regards, Ian