1 18th March 1919 Mrs Forth,
Ravenswood
Knockbreda Park
BELFAST Dear Mrs. Forth, I am enclosing you herewith copy of a letter which has
been received from the Department of Agriculture and Technical
Instruction for Ireland. As I said in acknowledging receipt of the letter, I
think that the request contained in the concluding lines could
not be complied with in a more appropriate manner than by send
ing you a copy of the complete letter. Besides conveying a message of sympathy to you and
your family, it is the official expression to the Committee of
the Department's appreciation of Captain Forth's great work and
of their deep regret at his death I am,
Yours faithfully A.O.N. 2 DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE and TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTION for IRELAND
Upper Merrion Street
DUBLIN 18th March 1919 No. T 2720-19 Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 3rd instant, announcing the death on the evening
of the 28th Ultim, of Captain F. G. Forth., F.R.C.Sc. I
Principal of the Municipal Technical Institute and Sec
retary to the County Borough of Belfast Technical
Instruction Committee. It is with deep regret that
the Department have received this intelligence. Captain Forth's wide knowledge and experience as
an educationist were very valuable assets to those respons
ible for the work of developing techical instruction in
Belfast, and being devoted as they were to the advancement
of technical instruction not in Belfast only but throughout
the country, his death represents a very serious loss to the
cause of technical education in Ireland. The Department
desire to associate themselves most sincerely with the
Technical Instruction Committee of Belfast in regretting
the death of so valuable an officer, and they would ask
that you will be good enough to convey to his relatives an
expression of their deep sympathy. I am
Sir
Your obediant Servant
(Sgt) T P GILL
Secretary J. Earls Esq
Acting Vice Principal
Municipal Technical Institute
Belfast