Leonard FOSTER (2)

Main CPGW Record

Surname: FOSTER

Forename(s): Leonard

Place of Birth: Long Preston, Yorkshire

Service No: ---

Rank: T/2nd Lieutenant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 15th (Service) Battalion. (1st Leeds)

Division: 31st Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-08-13

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: In West part.

CWGC Cemetery: POOL (ST. WILFRID) CHURCHYARD

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Leonard Foster (born 29 June 1889) was the son of John William and Lucy Anne Foster, née Turvey. John was born at Blackburn and Lucy at Manchester, Lancashire.

1891 Long Preston, Yorkshire Census: Prospect House - Leonard Foster, aged 1 year, born Long Preston, son of John Wm. and Lucy Anne Foster.

1901 Pool, Yorkshire, Census: The Prospect - Leonard Foster, aged 11 years, born Long Preston, Yorkshire, son of John Wm. and Lucy Anne Foster.

1911 Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 20, North Parade, West Park - Leonard Foster, aged 21 years, born Long Preston, Yorkshire. [Leonard was living with his sister, Frances, and brother-in-law, Harry Walker Russell.]

Leonard was married to Martha Avery Hill in 1915. Martha married William Frank Ivan Howell in 1919. Martha died 1963, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 2nd Lt Leonard Foster, 15/W. Yorks. Theatre of War first served in: (3) Egypt. Date of entry therein: 22.12.15. D. of W. 13.8.16.
Correspondence: J.H. Foster applies re his late brother's medals, 24.1.21. Address: 72, Briggate, Leeds.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2nd Lieut Leonard Foster, W. York. Date of Disembarkation: 22.12.15. (3) [Egypt]. D. of W. 13.8.15.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lieut Leonard Foster, Yorks [sic] Regt. Date and Place of Death: 13.8.16. Wounds. To whom issued/Amount: Executrix - Mrs Martha Avery Foster. £70 9s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Leonard not found.

Leonard is commemorated on the Pool-in-Wharfedale War Memorial.

The 15th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (1st Leeds), informally known as the Leeds Pals, were amalgamated with the 17th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Leeds) to form the 15th/17th Battalion on the 7 December 1917.

Photograph: 'de Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914-1918' – Part Two.

Data Source: de Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914-18

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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