Basic Details
Surname
Foster
Forenames
Stanley
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the details. He worked for the Sowerby Bridge Co-Op before the war and was captured on 3rd May 1917, dying as a POW. The press gave his age as both 23 and 25. He is also commemorated on IWM 2860 and 29453.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Tournai
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Tournai
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
16
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds