Private William Foster

Army Number : 32471

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of William Foster; Husband of Mary Elizabeth Smith (formerly Foster), of 18, Goodhead Street, Meadows, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Nottingham and was killed in action, 3rd September 1916, aged 21, in the attack on the German positions north-west of Thiepval, Nottingham, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private William Foster is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. George’s Church War Memorial, Meadows, Nottingham.