Name
Cyril Lambert Foster
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/04/1919
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Air Mechanic 1st Class
204203
Royal Air Force
140th Training Depot Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HASTINGS CEMETERY, SUSSEX
Screen Wall. E. G. A6.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Cyril L Foster, served as, 204203 1st Air Mech, Cyril Foster Lambert, Royal Air Force, 23 April 1919
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
Cyril Lambert Foster was born in Staines, Middlesex around July 1896, the only son of Herbert Lambert Foster and Edith Ella nee Foster.
He was employed as Junior Clerk after education at Aldenham School.
Wartime Service
After the outbreak of war he joined Royal Naval Air Service 11 Oct 1915 and was employed as a Driver.
In this trade he transferred to Royal Air Force on its formation. He died as a result of sickness at Hastings, Sussex in 1918.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James