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Guardsman WILLIAM HENRY FOSTER

Service Number: 2722131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

12. A. 8.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Henry and Kathleen Cambell Foster, of Beswick, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS SACRIFICE HELP TO BRING THE PEACE AND FREEDOM FOR WHICH HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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