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Warrant Aircraft Officer JAMES GILBERT FOSTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

1. A. 4.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Albert and Eva Foster; husband of Edna Gertrude Foster, of Thatcham, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MUCH LOVED HUSBAND OF EDNA, DEAR DADDY OF KEITH AND MICHAEL. "UNTIL WE MEET"
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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