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Private JOHN WILLIAM FOSTER

Service Number: 17/499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY

D. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph William and Alice Foster, of Garriston, Constable Burton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST OF SONS PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 318
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