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a soldier of the border regiment
remembered with honour


Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

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.

Biography

References and notes

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