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Serjeant LEWOHWAITE FOSTER

Service Number: 45595
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

197th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXIX C. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Jane Foster, of Keswick; husband of Hannah Foster, of 101, Main St., Keswick, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription THE DAY THOU GAVEST LORD IS ENDED
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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