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Guardsman WILLIAM FOSTER

Service Number: 2661705
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY

II. R. 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane A. Foster, of Sunderland, Co Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 256
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