FOSTER Lewthwaite Sergt 45595

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Surname: FOSTER;

Forename(s): Lewthwaite;

Initials: L;

Number: 45595;

Rank: Sergt;

Born in: Keswick, Cumberland;

Enlisted in: Carlisle;

Enlistment Date: 03-Jul-1916;

Resided in: Keswick;

Previous Number: 25823;

Previous Battalion: 10 of;

Previous Regiment: Border Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 28-Jul-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 197 Coy;

Date abroad: 14-Dec-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Belgium;

When killed: 12-Oct-1917;

Awarded: MM;

Other Data: b 1897
WO363(FMP)
War Diary 18/2/1917 - returned to duty
1/5/1917 war diary - wounded
27/6/1917 - taken on strength
child: Jane Elise b 1/8/1912;

Other Notes: FOSTER, Serjeant, LEWTHWAITE, MM, 45595. 197th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 12th October 1917. Age 38. Son of Robert and Jane Foster, of Keswick; husband of Hannah Foster, of 101, Main St., Keswick, Cumberland. XXIX C. 12. Poelcapelle British Cemetery - Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
MM: LG 17/12/1917;

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