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|Surname and forenames=Foster Albert | |Surname and forenames=Foster Albert | ||
|Army number=4457995 | |Army number=4457995 | ||
| − | |Rank= | + | |Rank=Private. |
|Date of birth=Born 1919/20. | |Date of birth=Born 1919/20. | ||
| − | |Age=21 | + | |Age=21 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit= | + | |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= | + | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40 | + | |Company/Battery=HQ Company. |
| − | + | |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." | ||
| + | |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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Latest revision as of 14:49, 7 March 2022
Personnel Entry
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
