BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER (1864-1916) & SARAH ELLEN RIGNALL, AT 40, RAGLAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 3, HANNAHS TERRACE, PARK ROAD IN 1901. SON OF A GOOD’S PORTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 3RD WORCESTER REGIMENT. CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS. DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 29/04/1918, AGED 19. BURIED IN COLOGNE, GERMANY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “LOVED HONOURED & REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING MOTHER”
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Military Number:
42003
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/04/1918
Place died:
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
Age:
19
