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Lance Corporal ERNEST JAMES FOSTER

Service Number: 19390
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT

II. I. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Martha Foster; husband of Sarah E. Foster, of 7, Ingram's Cottages, Molesey Rd., Hersham, Walton-on Thames, Surrey. Born at Weybridge.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 711
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