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Cousin of May Rule, of Camrose Cottage, Geggs Hill, Thames Ditton, Surrey.
Digital gallery of Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster
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The Identity Disk of Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster found in the paddock of Amber Mead, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, UK during July 2001.
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Private Foster's Birth Certificate. He was born on October 17, 1892, at 2 Portman Mews South, Marylebone, London, England.
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The birthplace of Private Foster, 2 Portman Mews South, Marylebone, London, England
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The Grave of Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, in France.
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The Anchor Line ship, SS California, which sailed from New York on 20 Nov 1915, arrived at St John New Brunswick on 22 Nov 1915, to embark 9 C M R, and then arrived at Plymouth, England on 2 Dec 1915. The ship which carried Pte Foster to the Great War
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The Embarkation Nominal Roll of 9 C M R on the ship SS California, on 23 Nov 1915 showing Pte Fred Foster as a soldier of this unit. Port of Embarkation, St John New Brunswick.
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James Franklin Waller Next of Kin nominated on Pte F J H Foster's Attestatin papers
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Fred John Foster British home child
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Fred John Foster British home child
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Fred John Foster British home child
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Fred John Foster British home child
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras.
Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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