Discharge Certificate of William Ernest Foster
| Title |
Discharge Certificate of William Ernest Foster
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|---|---|
| Subject |
Foster, William Ernest
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| Notes |
Pte. Foster was entitiled to one wound stripe and two blue overseas service chevrons (indicating he had been entered once in casualty lists, and served two years overseas after 1914). He enlisted in Mansfield on 16th February 1916, and was discharged on 11th April 1919 as medically unfit after being wounded in August, 1918.
Pte. 200816 William Ernest Foster, D Coy. Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps (later D Bn. Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps and 4th Bn. Tank Corps), served originally in the Machine Gun Corps (Motors). |
| Item date |
11th April 1919
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| Creation place |
England
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| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_2154_DSC06095.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Helen Callister
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Collection
Citation
“Discharge Certificate of William Ernest Foster,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3804.
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