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Subject   |  Monument: Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1

Robert Foster

Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1 Mercantile Marine Memorial - WW1
Rank Fireman and Trimmer
Unit S.S. "Heatherside" (Newcastle)
Regiment Mercantile Marine
Died 24-08-1917, age 33
Cause of death Presumed drowned
Notes Son of the late John Cook Foster and Johanne Foster; husband of Elizabeth Foster (nee Robinson), of 4, Silver St., Blyth, Northumberland. Born at Howden-on-Tyne.
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