BORN BRADFORD 1890. SON OF ANDREW AND LIZZIE MILLER, OF 16 CLARE STREET, SHIPLEY, YORKSHIRE. EDWIN LIVED IN THE ST ANDREWS DOCK AREA OF HULL AND WAS WORKING ON SHIP CREWS AT THE AGE OF 13. .
HE ENLISTED IN HULL SERVED AS A BANDSMAN, IN THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS, BLACK WATCH. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR GALLANTRY, DIED OF WOUNDS IN IRAQ, ON 20/04/1917, AGED 27. BURIED AT BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ANDREW.
First name:
EDWIN FOSTER
Regiment:
Military Number:
79
Rank:
Bandsman
Date Died
20/04/1917
Place died:
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Age:
27
16 CLARE STREET, SHIPLEY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
