Name
Thomas Harold Fosler
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/08/1918
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
420893
London Regiment *1
2nd/10th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL
Panel 10.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, Islington Borough Book of Remembrance, London
Pre War
Son of Arthur Harold and Annie (nee JONES) FOSLER; husband of Louisa (nee TOOTELL) FOSLER.
His parents married 16 August 1884 at St John the Baptist, Islington, London. Annie died 1922 in Watford aged 64, and was buried 30 May in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Arthur died 1932 in the Islington district aged 74.
Thomas was born 1890 in Islington, and married 1 August 1915 at St Saviour’s, Hoxton, London; they had one child. He resided in Hoxton.
On the 1891 Census, aged 7 months he lived in Islington, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1901 Census, aged 10 he lived in Hackney, with his father and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, a newspaper clerk aged 20, he was a boarder in Hoxton.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hackney, London; was entitled to the Victory and British War Medals, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Thomas’ Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
*1 Believed more correctly, (County of London) Bn. London Regiment (Hackney).
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
