BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ARTHUR & HARRIET ANN FOSTER, AT 330, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. SON OF A TIMBER MERCHANT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE SHERWOOD FORRESTERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/04/1917, AGED 24. BURIED AT TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS AUNT, MARY ELLEN AT 3 JESSAMINT VILLAS, FILED STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS.
HIS OLDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR FOSTER, 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS KILLED AT ARRAS A WEEK LATER ON 14/04/1917, AGED 27. HE LEFT OTHER FAMILY, LUCY, FRED, CLIVE HARRY, FRANK, ROBERT AND LEONARD FOSTER.
| Name | George Foster |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1893 |
| Death Date | 7 Apr 1917 |
| Death Place | Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2/8th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 307026 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
307026
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/04/1917
Place died:
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
330, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
