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Private EDWARD FOSTER

Service Number: 28268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 January 1917

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. L. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth and the late Watson Foster, of Brompton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE UNFLINCHING FOR ENGLAND HOME AND RIGHT.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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