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John Fleming Percival Foster

In memory of:

Private John Fleming Percival Foster

November 18, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

178135

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

87th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 23, 1892

Commemorated on Page 87 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 2.

Location:

Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village. The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Fleming Percival Foster– From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.

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    Photo of John Fleming Percival Foster – From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919.
  • Biography - page 1– Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.

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    Biography - page 1
    Biography - page 1 – Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
  • Biography - page 2– Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.

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    Biography - page 2 – Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
  • Biography - page 3– Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.

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    Biography - page 3
    Biography - page 3 – Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate.
  • Grave marker– Jenna Mantle finds the grave of John Foster at Regina Trench Cemetery in France. Jenna completed the biography on Foster.

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    Grave marker – Jenna Mantle finds the grave of John Foster at Regina Trench Cemetery in France. Jenna completed the biography on Foster.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Perth Courier for 2 March 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Perth Courier for 2 March 1917.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Perth Courier for 4 May 1917.

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Perth Courier for 4 May 1917.
  • Photo of John Foster– In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of John Foster – In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Canadian Grenadier Guards– In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Canadian Grenadier Guards – In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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