We remember Alexander Joseph Foyster

We remember Alexander Joseph Foyster

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Timeline

1890
birth St Mary's, Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom Source:9001612 Source:9000518 December 1890
1893
sibling Isabella M Foyster Source:9001619 1893
1895
sibling Leonard G Foyster Source:9001619 1895
1897
sibling Evangelina H Foyster Source:9001619 1897
1899
sibling Reginald E Foyster Source:9001619 1899
1901
location Calvert Street, Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom parents address Source:9001619 April 1901
1909
location Great Yarmouth, Norfolk United Kingdom Source:9000519 1909
1909
enlistment Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom Source:9000519 19th November 1909
1909
service British Army Private 7958 Norfolk Regiment 3rd Battalion Source:9000519 19th November 1909 - 21st September 1914
1911
employment Soldier H M Army Aldershot, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:9001613 April 1911
1911
location Marlborough Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire United Kingdom military residence address Source:9001613 April 1911
1914
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9000519 14th August 1914 - 21st September 1914
1914
service British Army Lance Corporal 7958 Norfolk Regiment Source:9000519 22nd September 1914 - 5th October 1915
1915
service British Army Corporal 7958 Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment West African Frontier Force Source:9000519 6th October 1915 - January 1917
1915
theatres Nigeria :5d Source:9000519 25th October 1915 - 31st October 1916
1916
marriage Margaret Mc Caffrey Source:9000519 25th December 1916
1917
service British Army Corporal 7958 Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion Source:9000519 January 1917 - July 1917
1917
service British Army Sergeant Norfolk Regiment Source:9000519 July 1917 - October 1917
1917
theatres Nigeria :5d Source:9000519 9th August 1917 - 3rd October 1917
1917
service British Army Sergeant 7958 Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment West African Frontier Force Source:9000519 4th October 1917 - 23rd October 1918
1917
theatres East Africa :5a Source:9000519 14th November 1917 - 14th February 1918
1918
theatres Nigeria :5d Source:9000519 21st March 1918 - 23rd October 1918
1918
children Margaret Foyster Source:9001627 March 1918
employment Cycle Repairer United Kingdom Source:9000519
1918
death Unknown Zaria Nigeria Source:9000524 Source:9000518 Source:9000519 23rd October 1918
burial Zaria European Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Nigeria Source:9000524
sibling William Foyster Source:9000519

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Alexander Joseph
Initials AJ
Last Name Foyster
Source 9000518
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Calvert Street, Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom parents address known April 1901
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk United Kingdom known 1909
Marlborough Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire United Kingdom military residence address known April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 7958 Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment West African Frontier Force Corporal
British Army 7958 Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion Corporal
British Army Norfolk Regiment Sergeant
British Army 7958 Norfolk Regiment Lance Corporal
British Army 7958 Norfolk Regiment 3rd Battalion Private
British Army 7958 Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment West African Frontier Force Sergeant
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Margaret Foyster daughter March 1918
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Nellie Foyster mother
William J Foyster father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
William Foyster brother
Isabella M Foyster sister 1893
Evangelina H Foyster sister 1897
Leonard G Foyster brother 1895
Reginald E Foyster brother 1899
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Margaret Mc Caffrey wife 25th December 1916

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Valerie34433
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Valerie34433
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription Valerie34433
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Valerie34433

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