Forster was born in 1907, one of nine children of the seaman Vincent Le Druillenec. During
World War II and the
German occupation of the Channel Islands, both she and her sister
Louisa sheltered Russian forced labourers. Forster and her husband Arthur took in Grigori Koslov in December 1942, with Koslov living in their attic. In 1944 a letter informing the Germans about Louisa sheltering another Russian, , was intercepted. Although Buriy was moved to Ivy's house, the
Geheime Feldpolizei found evidence of his stay at Louisa's home. Louisa was arrested on 25 May and Ivy a week later, by which time Buriy had moved on. Their brother Harold was later arrested as he had been seen visiting Louisa. All three were convicted; Louisa and Harold were initially jailed in France, before being sent to concentration camps; Louisa died in
Ravensbrück concentration camp, while Harold was a survivor of
Bergen-Belsen. Ivy was spared deportation due to being given an exemption on health grounds after a doctor pretended that she was suffering from
tuberculosis. She instead served her prison sentence of five months and fifteen days in Jersey. Koslov and Buriy both survived the war. She was re-elected in
1951, but lost her seat in
1954. ==References==