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|Surname and forenames=Foster Albert
 
|Surname and forenames=Foster Albert
 
|Army number=4457995
 
|Army number=4457995
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
 
|Age=21 at the time of his death.
 
|Age=21 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but estimated to have been Summer/Autumn 1939.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Reported missing in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940.  Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION (Category "B") 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. (OF/CAS/2/BW/6 dated 4/12/42).
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but estimated to have been Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in France.  Reported missing in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940.  Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION (Category "B") 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. (OF/CAS/2/BW/6 dated 4/12/42).
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but quite probably the date of enlistment.
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|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
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|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, 13, Primrose Hill, Newfield.  Employed as a 'Bus Conductor with the Bonny Heather Service.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
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|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
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|Promotions=None known.
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|Wounded=Not yet known.
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|Prisoner of War=No.
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
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|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.   Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads : SON OF ALBERT AND ELIZA FOSTER, NEWFIELD,WILLINGTON,DURHAM "THY WILL BE DONE"
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|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, 13, Primrose Hill, Newfield.  Employed as a 'Bus Conductor with the Bonny Heather Service.   
 
|Image Name=Foster_A_4457995.JPG
 
|Image Name=Foster_A_4457995.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 16:26, 27 December 2021

Personnel Entry

Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.
Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.

Name Foster Albert
Army number 4457995
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but estimated to have been Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Reported missing in the Auckland Chronicle of 18/7/1940. Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION (Category "B") 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. (OF/CAS/2/BW/6 dated 4/12/42).
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. His headstone inscription reads : SON OF ALBERT AND ELIZA FOSTER, NEWFIELD,WILLINGTON,DURHAM "THY WILL BE DONE"
Home address Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, 13, Primrose Hill, Newfield. Employed as a 'Bus Conductor with the Bonny Heather Service.
Source table 1TS