BORN HULL 1895. FOURTH SON OF EDWARD FOSTON (1867-1914), A DOCKSIDE LABOURER, & SARAH ANN PICKETT (1874-1940), AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS, OF 11 GROTTO SQUARE, NEW GEORGE STREET AND 29 CHRISTOPHER STREET. ONE OF SEVEN BROTHERS AND YOUNGEST SISTER, ANNIE. A REGULAR SOLDIER IN THE 2ND EYR, (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED SELINA WILSON IN HULL, IN 1915. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS AT KING GEORGE’S HOSPITAL, ON 01/09/1916, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, SELINA. HE IS BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HULL.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE GEORGE STREET MEMORIAL WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER, PTE, GEORGE FOSTON, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 23. (Hull Daily Mail 03 November 1917)
First name:
THOMAS HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
9601
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/09/1916
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
21
