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Fred John Hothersoll Foster

In memory of:

Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster

October 31, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

114816

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Additional Information

Born:

October 17, 1893

Cousin of May Rule, of Camrose Cottage, Geggs Hill, Thames Ditton, Surrey.

Commemorated on Page 238 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

L. 3.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Other– Fred John Foster British home child

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  • Monument– Fred John Foster British home child

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    Monument – Fred John Foster British home child
  • Identity Disk– 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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    Identity Disk – The Identity Disk of Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster found in the paddock of Amber Mead, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, UK during July 2001.
  • Attestation Paper (front)

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    Attestation Paper (front)
  • Attestation Paper (back)

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    Attestation Paper (back)
  • Birth Certificate– Private Foster's Birth Certificate. He was born on October 17, 1892, at 2 Portman Mews South, Marylebone, London, England.

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    Birth Certificate – Private Foster's Birth Certificate. He was born on October 17, 1892, at 2 Portman Mews South, Marylebone, London, England.
  • Birth Place of Fred Foster– The birthplace of Private Foster, 2 Portman Mews South, Marylebone, London, England

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    Birth Place of Fred Foster – The birthplace of Private Foster, 2 Portman Mews South, Marylebone, London, England
  • Gravemarker– The Grave of Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, in France.

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    Gravemarker – The Grave of Private Fred John Hothersoll Foster at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, in France.
  • Photo of the SS California– 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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    Photo of the SS California – 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
  • Photo of Embarkation Nominal Roll– 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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    Photo of Embarkation Nominal Roll
    Photo of Embarkation Nominal Roll – 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.
  • Photo of James Franklin Waller– James Franklin Waller Next of Kin nominated on Pte F J H Foster's Attestatin papers

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    Photo of James Franklin Waller
    Photo of James Franklin Waller – James Franklin Waller Next of Kin nominated on Pte F J H Foster's Attestatin papers

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