Name
Albert Henry Foster
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/10/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
25475
Northamptonshire Regiment
6th
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
III.B.23
France
Headstone Inscription
THE GOLDEN EVENING BRIGHTENS IN THE WEST SOON, SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMES THEIR REST
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden
Pre War
Albert Henry was born in Esher in 1887, the eldest son of Henry Foster, Farm labourer, and Alice (nee Strudwick).
On the 1901 Census Albert was working as a garden boy. Albert married Jennie D. M. Hollowell in 1915.
Wartime Service
Albert enlisted in 6th (Service) Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment as Private 25475. His service number suggests a date of April 1916.
The 6th were engaged in the Somme Offensive of 1916. Albert was killed during a large scale action on 25 October 1916, while the 6th were involved in the Battle of Ancre Heights.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History
Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
