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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Rebeka	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:02
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Can Anyone make sense of this information i have been given and what to do with it. i'm guessing its somethin to do with the war. 1918 Arthur Stanley Foster No 16 Wesley Street 12299 GNR, 387th Siege Batty RGA Cone of the three parts of the royal artillery. Thanks
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:33
	I cannot explain it all but 12299 would be his service number,GNR (gunner) would be his rank which is a private, 387th Siege Batty, what part of his regiment he is in, For infantry it would be eg.A Company but Artillery have battery's, RGA would be Royal Garrison Artillery, which is his regiment Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:38
	this medal card is on ancestry Name: Arthur S Foster Regiment or Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Engineers Regimental number: 122990, 368727 Roy
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Rebeka	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:41
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Thanks For this. I Have located the card on Ancestry but have been unable to find a death for him. Do you think its possible he died in the war hence the reason i cant find his death record?
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 2,597 Send Message	*Michelle*	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:41
	RGA stands i believe for Royal Garrison Artillery. He was in the 387th Siege Battilion. The record would be from World War 1.12299 Would be his number and i think it may have had a 0 on the end too?Also found this,but as you hadn't listed his birthyear i cannot say its him,other than the numbers seem to match. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Arthur S Foster Name: Arthur S Foster Regiment or Corps: Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Engineers Regimental number: 122990, 368727 They would be dealing with the large guns,these would be the long distance artillery that shot from a distance to bomb trenches.
	Researching: Jepson, Bishop, Meech, Bevis, Ayling, King, Buckley
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Rebeka	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:49
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Hi He was born in 1893 if this helps
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:51
	He is not showing on the Commonwealth War Dead web site but if he died in the war his death registration should be on find my past in the military section Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:54
	His service record is on ancestry try reading through that their are 9 pages Name: Arthur Stanley Foster Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1893 Residence : 16 Wesley Street ??, Belle Vue Wakefield Regiment Name: Royal Regt of Arty (Royal Garrn Arty) Regiment Number: 122990 Document Year: 1916 Number of Images: 9 Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:54
	There are Army Service Records coming up on Ancestry for two Arthur Stanley Fosters. If you don't have an Ancestry subscription, perhaps somebody who does could look them up for you.
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Rebeka	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:56
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	I do have Ancestry so I will have a look now. Thanks for all your help.
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 2,597 Send Message	*Michelle*	Report	15 Jan 2009 14:57
	The address he was living at the time was the 16,Wesley Street,Belle Vue,Wakefield.The image of this record is damaged but looks like he was an Engineering Draughtsman.Aged 23 at the time. Michelle
	Researching: Jepson, Bishop, Meech, Bevis, Ayling, King, Buckley
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:04
	I cannot find a pension record for him, IF you cannot find a death on findmypast then it would meen going through the index quarter by quarter on ancestry as he was born 1893 this would take a long time, i would try and see if he married? and go from their Roy
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Rebeka	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:06
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	He married Emma Atkinson in 1915. I have Located one child Also Named Arthur born 1917.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:07
	possible marriage Name: Arthur S Foster Year of Registration: 1922 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Spouse's Surname: Gascoigne District: Wakefield County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire Volume: 9c Page: 77 I got to go collect kids from school now, I will check back later update, This is no good then Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:35
	Birth Name: Hilda M Foster Year of Registration: 1920 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Mother's Maiden Name: Atkinson District: Dewsbury County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire Volume: 9b Page: 1072 Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:37
	Did they move to Dewsbury? Birth Name: Fred Foster Year of Registration: 1923 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Mother's Maiden Name: Atkinson District: Dewsbury County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire Volume: 9b Page: 952 and Name: Albert Foster Year of Registration: 1924 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Mother's Maiden Name: Atkinson District: Dewsbury County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire Volume: 9b Page: 851 Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:40
	birth Name: Joyce Foster Year of Registration: 1926 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Mother's Maiden Name: Atkinson District: Dewsbury County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire Volume: 9b Page: 779 Roy
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Rebeka	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:46
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 147 Send Message	Thats fantastic I knew from talk that he had 2 sisters.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:47
	BMD are only transcribed upto abt 1930 so to find his death will meen going through the index quarter by quarter on ancestry Roy
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	15 Jan 2009 15:53
	birth Name: Herbert Foster Year of Registration: 1915 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Mother's Maiden Name: Atkinson District: Dewsbury County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire Volume: 9b Page: 959 Roy

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