WW1 Casualty: Private 74606 Herbert Foster - Private 74606 Herbert Foster
Image courtesy of Martin Ledson
| Unit/Regiment |
9th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
| Date of Death |
18/04/1918 |
Age at Death |
19 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Tyne Cot Memorial
Panel 63 to 65 |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of John and Margaret Foster, of 6 No 1 Court, Victoria Place. Prescot, Lancs. |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
6 Court, 1 Victoria Place was the home of the Foster family, comprising John (38), a Watch Balance Maker, his wife Margaret (36) and children James (7) and Herbert (2)
1911 Census - the family were still at 6, Victoria Place. Herbert was a 12 year old scholar |
| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth Registered Q4/1898, Prescot, Vol 8b, Page 711 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Prescot, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
St Helens |
| How Died |
Killed in Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Notes |
Research ongoing |
| Research Ref. No. |
P111 |
Service DetailsHerbert Foster joined the army around January 1917. It isn't known when he went to France.
In March 1918, the 9th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers were in the path of the great German Advance which started on 21st of that month. Based at Monchies, they initially withdrew to Bapaume but then launched a counterattack on the Germans and secured the line.
Unfortunately, they were again in the line of advance for the second phase of the German offensive, and it seems likely that Pte Foster was killed in this action. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot memorial.
An extract from the 'Workers Union Record'
Herbert Foster's Medal Index Card
The Register of Soldier's Effects, shown below, records his father, John, as next of kin
Herbert Foster's inscription on the Tyne Cot memorial. In addition to his official commemoration, his family also have an inscription on the family grave in Prescot, shown below. The regimental number inscribed on the grave is incorrect.
Picture courtesy of Les Birchall
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