BORN HULL 1892. SON OF FREDERICK AND MARY HANNAH FOSTER, OF 7, MARS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/06/1917 AGED 25.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY. HE LEFT BROTHER FREDERICK HENRY FOSTER, AND SISTER, HILDA.
HE IS BURIED AT WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “JESUS SHALL MY PILOT BE WHEN SAILING HOME”
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD.
First name:
GEORGE THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
201092
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/06/1917
Place died:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
7, MARS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
