BORN HULL 1898. SON OF RICHARD & SARAH ANN FOSTER, OF 8, VILLAGE PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 52 MYTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATEM 4726, NOTTS & DERBY REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/08/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, ON THE SOMME.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN.
First name:
WALTER RALPH
Military Number:
144553
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/08/1918
Place died:
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France
Age:
20
