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Surname: FOSTER
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Long Preston, Yorkshire
Service No: 265646
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1918-05-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. C. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SETTLE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Foster was the son of Eli and Elizabeth Ann Foster, née Marsden. Eli was born at Long Preston, Yorkshire and Elizabeth at Salford, Lancashire. Ernest was the cousin of Private Leonard Foster (35073) (q.v.).
1891 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: The Concrete - Ernest Foster, aged 2 years, born Long Preston, son of Eli and Eliz. Ann Foster.
1901 Settle, Yorkshire Census: Junction House - Ernest Foster, aged 12 years, born Long Preston, Yorkshire, son of Eli and Elizabeth A. Foster.
1911 Settle, Yorkshire Census: Kirkgate - Ernest Foster, aged 22 years, born Long Preston, Yorkshire, son of Eli and Elizabeth Ann Foster.
Ernest was married to Doris Elizabeth Harling (born Gargrave, Yorkshire) in 1915. Doris married Thomas Henry Bradley (born Settle) in 1919.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Ernest Foster, 2614, 265646, 1/6 W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) [France]. Date of entry therein: 29.6.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Cpl Ernest Foster, 265646, 1/6 W. Rid. R. D. of W. 4.5.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Cpl Ernest Foster, 265646, 1/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 4.5.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Doris E. £15 10s. 2d. War Gratuity: Widow [and] Sole Legatee - Doris E. Bradley. £18 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Ernest. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: D. E. Foster, born 15.7.92. Address 1. C/o Mrs Thornton, 3, Hinds [Hirds] Yard, Cross Street, Skipton. Address 2. The Shambles, Market Place, Skipton [Settle]. Children: Ruby Laycock Harling. Illegitimate child, born 6.1.13. Irene Foster, born 29.8.17.
The 1921 Census shows that Doris, her daughters, Ruby, Irene, husband Thomas and their children, Joyce and William E. were living at The Shambles, Settle. The 1939 Register shows that Doris, Thomas and several of the children were living at 21, Marshfield Road, Settle. Doris died in 1947.
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FOSTER, Cpl. Ernest, West Riding Regiment, 11, Waller Hill, Skipton, died of wounds May 4, 1918.
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Corporal Ernest FOSTER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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17 May 1918
Corporal Ernest Foster, Skipton
Corporal Ernest Foster, West Riding Regiment, whose wife and two children live at 11 Waller Hill, Skipton, has died of wounds received in action in France on May 4th. He was one of the four soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Foster, 9 Halsteads Cottages, Settle, and was mobilised with the Territorials at the outbreak of war and had been in France three years. Twenty-nine years of age, he was formerly a miner at the Ingleton Colliery. His three soldier brothers are:– Lance-Corporal Eli Foster (in France), Private Harold Foster, R.A.M.C. (in Palestine), and Private Arthur Foster, West Yorkshire Regiment.
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17 May 1918
FOSTER – Died of wounds May 4th, Corpl. Ernest Foster, West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Foster, of 11, Waller Hill, Skipton, aged 29.
17 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Corporal Ernest Foster, Skipton
Corpl. Ernest Foster, West Riding Regiment, whose wife and two children live at 11, Waller Hill, Skipton, has died of wounds received in action in France on May 4th. He was one of the four soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Foster, 9, Halsteads Cottages, Settle, and was mobilised with the Territorials at the outbreak of war and had been in France three years. Twenty-nine, years of age , he was formerly a miner at the Ingleton Colliery. His three soldier brothers are Lance-Corpl. Eli Foster (in France), Pte. Harold Foster, R.A.M.C. (in Palestine), and Pte. Arthur Foster, West Yorkshire Regiment.
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