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Ordinary Seaman GILBERT FOSTER

Service Number: D/JX 303647
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 07 July 1942

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY

Prot. Service Plot. Row E. Grave 33.

Kenya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert and Amelia Foster, of Carlisle; husband of Alice Mary Foster, of Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED, REMEMBERED AND LONGED FOR ALWAYS BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE ALICE
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