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Private EDWARD WILLIAM JOHN FOSTER

Service Number: 49166
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

II. J. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of William and Maria Foster, of "Fernlea," Bromley Green, Ashford, Kent. Born The Newlands, Peckham Rye, London.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SON AND BROTHER KIND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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