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Rifleman GEORGE FOSTER

Service Number: 14619
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

I. E. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Susan Foster, of 76A, Beechfield St., Belfast. A Boiler Maker.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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