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Durham Light Infantry Records

Reference: D/DLI 7 Catalogue Title: Durham Light Infantry Records Area: Catalogue Category: Antiquarian and Composite Records Description: Individual Soldiers - surnames F: Fo

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3017, later 23559 Sergeant Robert William FOREMAN, M.M. (Ref: Foreman D/DLI 7/224/1)

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, and later 11th Battalion, The Machine Gun Corps
Enlisted, 17 November 1914


Certificate of disembodiment on demobilisation of Sergeant R.W. Foreman, 16 March 1919
(1 paper)

442587/22244798 Private Thomas FORRESTER (Ref: Forrester D/DLI 7/878/1-2)

8th Battalion and 11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Residence Ryton; captured at Dunkirk on 7 April 1940; prisoner of war Stalag IV C, Poland


Photograph of Private Thomas Forrester, The Durham Light Infantry, aged 25, n.d. [ c.1928]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a prisoner of war concert party, Stalag IV C, Krakow, Poland, 1940 - 1945
(1 postcard, 13 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white)

31622 Private George Ernest FORTUNE (Ref: Fortune D/DLI 7/225/1-19)

12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born Hartlepool; residence Southwick, Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland; killed in action, 7 October 1916


Embroidered postcard from Private G.E. Fortune sending greetings to his wife Mary, n.d., [1914 - 1916]
(1 postcard)


Embroidered postcard, captioned Forget me not, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned God be with you till we meet again, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned Wishes, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned To my dear wife, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned United for Liberty, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned Remember, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned Right is Might, n.d., [1914- 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned Souvenir, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned Kind Thoughts, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned To my dear Child, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned A kiss from France, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard, captioned Hands across the Sea, n.d., [1914 - 1916]


Embroidered postcard from 'Will' sending greetings to his sister [possibly Mary Fortune], 29 September 1915
(1 postcard)


Embroidered postcard from 'Will' sending greetings to his sister [possibly Mary Fortune], n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 postcard)


Memorial scroll of Private G.E. Fortune, n.d., [after 1918]
(1 paper)


Printed note from King George V accompanying the memorial scroll, n.d., [after 1918]
(1 paper)


Cardboard tube addressed to Mrs. M. Fortune, 15 Grey Street, Southwick on Wear, Sunderland, n.d., [after 1918]
(1 cardboard tube)

338740, later 326945 Staff Sergeant John Edward FOSTER (Ref: Foster D/DLI 7/226/1-17)

9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Also served in the Royal Garrison Artillery


Unit register card of Staff Sergeant E. Foster, [1918]
(1 card)


Printed envelope for demobilization documents, n.d., [1918]
(1 envelope)


Album of poems, drawings, cartoons and jokes, 1917 - 1920
(1 album, leather bound)


Newspaper cutting concerning the funeral of John Foster, n.d., [20th c.]
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting from the Daily Express concerning Mrs. Elsie Foster, n.d., [20th c.]
(1 paper)


Map of Lens, France, 1916 Scale: 1:100,000
(1 plan, 86cm. x 70cm., colour, waxed linen)


Photograph of [Private] John Foster, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 8cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Photograph of Staff Sergeant John Foster, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 6cm. x 8cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the steeple of Notre Dame de Brebières in Albert, France, after bombardment by the Germans, [1917]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Amiens Cathedral, France, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of Amiens Cathedral, France, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the interior of Amiens Cathedral, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the nave of Amiens Cathedral, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the stalls of Amiens Cathedral, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of bomb damage outside Amiens Cathedral, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of La Place Notre-Dame, Amiens, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 14cm. x 9cm., black and white)


Postcard photograph of the riverside market in Amiens, n.d., [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9cm. x 14cm., black and white)

12374 Lance-Corporal John Thomas FOSTER (Ref: Foster D/DLI 7/227/1-21)

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Born, Southwick, Sunderland; home address Wear Street, Southwick, Sunderland; enlisted Sunderland; killed in action, 31 July 1915


Letter from Private J.T. Foster, Witley Hutments, Milford, Surrey, to his aunt, containing personal news, n.d., [4 August - 24 December 1914]
(1 paper)


Letter from Private J.T. Foster, Corunna Barracks, South Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire, to his sister, containing greetings to his family, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from Private J.T. Foster, Corunna Barracks, South Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire, to his sister, containing greetings to his family, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from Jack [J.T. Foster], Wesleyan Soldiers' Homes, Aldershot Command, Hampshire, to his father, containing personal news, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from Jack [J.T. Foster] to his father, containing personal news and giving the address of Private James Foster [his cousin], 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from Jack [J.T. Foster] to his father, containing greetings to his family, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 paper)


Postcard from Jack [J.T. Foster] to his sister, Anne Foster, c/o Mrs. Bridge, 4 Parkstone Road, Thornhill Road, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, containing greetings to his family, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 card)


Letter from Jack [J.T. Foster] to his sister, containing greetings to his family and saying that he has been expecting to go to France shortly, n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from Private James Foster, 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, No. 1 Camp, Lark Hill, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, to his aunt, [Mrs Foster], containing family news and a mention of a letter from Jack [J.T. Foster], n.d., [4 August 1914 - 31 July 1915]
(2 papers)


Letter from Sergeant J. Adamson, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, written in the field, to Mr. Foster, informing him of the death of his son, Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, 3 August 1915 Includes: typescript copy of the letter, n.d., and a card of the Guild of St. George, n.d.
(2 papers and 1 card)


Letter from Sergeant Duncan to Mrs. Foster, 16 Wear Street, Southwick- on-Wear, Sunderland, informing her of the death of her son, Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, n.d., [August 1915]
(1 paper)


Letter from [R.S.S. Vaux], Grindon, near Sunderland, to Mrs. Foster, expressing condolences on the death of her son, Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, 7 August 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York Station, to Mr. Foster, 16 Wear Street, Southwick, Sunderland, informing him of the death of Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, 17 August 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from Norman Allard, 13 The Green, Southwick-on-Wear, Sunderland, expressing condolences on the death of their son, Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, 21 August 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from the Infantry Record Office, York, to Mr. Foster, 16 Wear Street, Southwick, Sunderland, informing him that [Lance-Corporal] J.T. Foster has been buried near the Dressing Station, Sanctuary Wood [near Hooge, Belgium], 11 September 1915
(1 paper)


Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Williams, 50 Leigh Road East, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, to Mrs. Foster, expressing condolences on the death of her son, Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, 24 September 1915
(2 papers)


Scroll commemorating Lance-Corporal J.T. Foster, and accompanying note from King George V, n.d., [1919]
(2 papers)


Memorial scroll to John Thomas Foster, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, from the Mayor and Citizens of Sunderland, October 1919
(1 card, colour printed)


Letter from the Record Office, York, to Mrs. Foster, accompanying the 1914 - 1915 Star, which would have been conferred upon [Lance-Corporal] J.T. Foster, 23 April 1920
(1 paper)


" 'Ye Faithful Durhams' and Other Poems" by Charles Wilson, 1915
(1 card)


Photograph of J.T. Foster, 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, inset with the regimental emblem, n.d., [c. 1914]
(1 photograph, 35cm. x 50cm., black and white, card mounted)

2465 Colour-Sergeant William Henry FOSTER (Ref: Foster D/DLI 7/228/1)

68th Light Infantry
Served in the Crimean War


Letter from Colour-Sergeant William Foster, 68th Light Infantry, at the camp outside Sebastopol, Crimea, Russia, to his mother, describing the spirits and condition of the army, the climate, infrequent encounters with the enemy, the expectation of news about peace and a possible move to Trebizond in Asia Minor; giving his opinion of the Turks at Balaclava, Crimea, Russia; discussing his brother's health and a recent case of frost bite; revealing that he is under the command of Colonel Staunton of Longbridge, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division; and conveying his regards to named friends at home, 10 January 1856
(1 paper)

Private J.W. FOSTER (Ref: Foster D/DLI 7/879/1-4)

2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, taken overseas, probably in India, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, taken overseas, probably in India, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 6 cm., black and white)


Photograph of two soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, taken overseas, probably in India, n.d. [1930s]
(1 photograph, 6 cm. x 8 cm., black and white)


Photograph of J.W. Foster, possibly a member of a Ghurkhas Regiment, ex-2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, n.d. [1940s]
(1 photograph, 8 cm. x 13 cm., black and white)

4692313 Private Edward 'Lofty' FOWLE (Ref: Fowle D/DLI 7/229/1)

10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fowle, Acton, Middlesex; residence London SW; captured in France, May 1940; prisoner of war in Stalag XXA, Thorn [Torun] Camp, on the River Vistula, west of Warsaw, Poland (P.O.W. no. 11560); died, 11 April 1943; buried in Krakow Rakowicki cemetery, Poland.


Photograph of the funeral of 'Lofty' Fowle of The Durham Light Infantry, at a prisoner of war camp, near Histhink, Poland, n.d. [1943]
(1 photograph, 13cm. x 8cm., black and white)