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{{Personnel
|id=1488
|Surname and forenames=Foster Albert
|Army number=4457995
|Rank=Pte
|Age=21
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|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"
+|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.
 |Image Name=Foster_A_4457995.JPG

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 |Surname and forenames=Foster Albert
 |Army number=4457995
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
 |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).
+|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.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|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.
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Image Name=Foster_A_4457995.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
-|Age=21
+|Age=21 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION (Category "B") 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. (OF/CAS/2/BW/6 dated 4/12/42).
+|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).
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
+|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but quite probably the date of enlistment.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
-|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|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.
 |Image Name=Foster_A_4457995.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Foster_A_4457995.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte A Foster's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4457995
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=21
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION (Category "B") 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. (OF/CAS/2/BW/6 dated 4/12/42).
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION (Category "B") 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. (OF/CAS/2/BW/6 dated 4/12/42).
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}