BORN GREAT HATFIELD, YORKS, 1898. SON OF WALTER & MARTHA FOSTER, OF THE LODGE, SIGGLESTHORNE, HULL. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA. FORMERLEY, PRIVATE, 77663 DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 27/05/1918, AGED 19. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING, AISNE, FRANCE
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALMSLEY STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH OCTOBER 1917.
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE SIGGLESTHORNE WW1 MEMORIAL, WHICH INCLUDES 75 MEN WHO SERVED AND ELEVEN WHO DIED IN WW1.
| Name | John Stephen Foster |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Great Hatfield, Yorks |
| Residence | Sigglesthorne, Hull |
| Death Date | 27 May 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hornsea, Yorks |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Lancashire Regiment |
| Battalion | 2nd Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 31144 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 77663, D.L.I. |
First name:
JOHN STEPHEN
Military Number:
31144
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
19
, WALMSLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
