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Private ERNEST FOSTER

Service Number: 4980088
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th (The Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XX. A. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Clara Foster, of Sneinton, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL HIS OWN UNFINISHED LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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