Name | William Foster | ||
Rank | Private | ||
Number | 13276 | ||
Company | A Company | ||
Attached § | |||
Transferred ¥ | 8th Border Regiment | ||
Former unit ‡ | None listed in SDGW | ||
Enlisted | 23 September 1914 Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
Resident | 4 Gibbons Court Scotch Street, Carlisle | ||
Born | Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
Died | 5 July 1916 | ||
Where died | France and Flanders | ||
How died | Killed in action | ||
Age | 36 | ||
Casualty type | Commonwealth War Dead | ||
Grave/Memorial | Memorial | ||
Reference no. | Pier and Face 6A and 7C | ||
Resting place | Thiepval Memorial | ||
Source | |||
Notes | *Son of Sarah and the late John Foster, of 2 James Place, Peter Street, Carlisle, Cumberland.*Husband of Jane Foster, of 4 Gibbons Court, Scotch Street, Carlisle.*William previously worked as a cellarman. |
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