Foster Albert Pte 4457995 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 14:49, 7 March 2022

2022-03-07T14:49:48Z

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	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
	\|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.		\|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
	~~\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.~~
	\|Promotions=None known.		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=Not yet known.		\|Wounded=Not yet known.
	\|Prisoner of War=No.		\|Prisoner of War=No.
	\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.		\|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.		\|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

70bgadmin at 16:26, 27 December 2021

2021-12-27T16:26:32Z

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	\|Surname and forenames=Foster Albert		\|Surname and forenames=Foster Albert
	\|Army number=4457995		\|Army number=4457995
	\|Rank=~~Pte~~		\|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).		\|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.
			\|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
			\|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
			\|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"
			\|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
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 17:50, 10 April 2020

2020-04-10T17:50:38Z

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	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
	\|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.		\|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 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
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 18:03, 18 April 2018

2018-04-18T18:03:11Z

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	\|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.		\|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
	\|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, Newfield. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
	\|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
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 11:12, 21 November 2016

2016-11-21T11:12:44Z

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	\|Army number=4457995		\|Army number=4457995
	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
			\|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
	\|Age=21		\|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).
			\|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
	\|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, 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		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

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	\|Rank=Pte		\|Rank=Pte
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21
	\|Unit=~~DLI~~, 1 TS		\|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).
	\|Died/Killed in action=20~~/5/1940 00:00:00~~		\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
	\|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield.		\|Home address=Son of Albert and Eliza Foster, Newfield. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 3, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
	\|Source table=1TS		\|Source table=1TS
	}}		}}

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2011-03-08T14:36:01Z

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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
}}