FOSTER Frank

  • First Name(s):
    Frank 
  • Surname:
    FOSTER
  • Service Number:
    18251
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th September 1915
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 37 and 39.
  • Place of Birth:
    Abberton, Worcestershire, enlisted Evesham, Worcestershire, resident Broughton Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Emma Foster, of Drakes Broughton, Pershore, Worcestershir

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FOSTER Frank Is Named On These Memorials

Drakes Broughton C of E School Memorial
Drakes Broughton St Barnabas Church

Further Information About FOSTER Frank

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

1911 Census
Drakes Broughton nr Pershore, Worcestershire
George Foster, head, age 75, born Bishampton, Worcestershire
Emma Foster, wife, age 52, married 33 years, 8 children, all still living, born Wadborough, Worcestershire
Thomas Foster, son, age 30, Farm labourer, born Abberton, Worcestershire
Frank Foster, son, age 20, Farm labourer, born Abberton, Worcestershire
Alice Maria Foster, daughter, age 16, born Abberton, Worcestershire

National Union of Railwaymen, General Register of Members:
Frank Foster
Age on admission: 22
Date of Admission: 25/5/1913, Porter G.W.R. Evesham
Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
F. Foster, Porter, Traffic Department, Evesham

Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1916/12/278. Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1916/12/282.

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Frank Foster Porter/Traffic Department/Evesham Private Ox & Bucks Light Infantry Killed in Action 25/9/1915.

Source: The Great Western Railway in the First World War by Sandra Gittins, 2010.

A photograph of Private F. Foster of Drakes Broughton can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 7th October 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Frank Foster has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

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