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The Commemorative Plaque for the First World War in All Saints' Church, Foston
Photo : John Scurr of the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials
The First World War Memorial in All Saints' Church, Foston, is a Marble tablet with clipped corners that commemorates 6 men.
2 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.
Private Lamplough Oswell Lister. 4056. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 16 September 1916.
Enlisted Flaxton, Resided Thornton-le-Clay (Yorks).
Buried DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private John Thomas Walker, 29014. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Hannah Walker, of Foston York. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged
30.
Born Pocklington, Enlisted York.
Buried HENIN CRUCIFIX CEMETERY.
(Frank Winterburn is shown as having served in the Yorkshire Hussars. The
regiment was, in fact, the West Yorkshire Regiment.)
All
Saints' Church, Foston
Photo © Copyright
Stephen Horncastle and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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