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RAMC profile of:
Sam FOSTER
[Service No:  56469]
 
 


Place or Date
of Birth:
Denholme, Nr Bradford in 1887

Service Number: 56469

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Rank: Pte

Unit: No 61 General Hospital

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Outcome: Survived the war

Date Died: 1951
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When Sam was a small boy, his family moved to the village of Oxenhope, a few miles from Denholme, where they lived at 17 Denholme Road. Sam and his siblings worked in the local textile mills. The couple had five sons. Sam was a member of the local St Johns Ambulance Brigade and he enlisted on the same day as two other members, Fred Wharf and Harry Bolton. This was 23rd February 1915 at Keighley and all specifically asked to join the R.A.M.C. He initially served in Malta, where promoted to corporal, then in July 1917 embarked with the 61st General Hospital to Salonika. In February 1918 he transferred to the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. In March 1919 transferred to Reserve. On discharge he married Ethel Whitaker and they had a son Alan. He became known in his home village of Oxenhope as Salonika Sam. He was he son of James and Elizabeth. Two of his brothers also served, Harold and Willie. Willie died in France on 26th October 1918, aged 25 years. He was a driver in the Royal Field Artillery. [Information researched and kindly provided by Catherine Snape]


 
 
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