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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" _labaths@worldnet.att.net_
Subject: [IRELAND-OLD-NEWS] !! Freeman's Journal; Aug 13, 1917 #2
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:52:28 -0600
THE FREEMANS JOURNAL
AND NATIONAL PRESS
DUBLIN: MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1917
PRICE ONE PENNY
BAR TO MILITARY CROSS- Captain S.R. Foster, M.C., R.A.M.C., eldest son of
Mr. John Foster, Derry, has been awarded a bar to his Military Cross. For
eleven hours he worked unceasingly along a dangerous route, always leading
his stretcher-bearers and showing a fine example of courage. He is a brother
of the well-known Rugby player, Mr. A.R. Foster, B.A., and has been at the
front almost three years.
SOURCE:http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/IRE-
LAND-OLD-NEWS/2002-11/1037551948
S. R. Foster stood for Samuel Russell Foster
A. R. Foster stood for Alexander Roulston Foster - Alex Foster represented Ireland and the British Lions
Alexander Roulston Foster (1890 - 1972):
Rugby player
Alex Foster was born in Derry. He was a schoolteacher and was an international rugby player. Between 1910 and 1921 he was capped seventeen times for Ireland. He played for the British and Irish Lions side which toured South Africa in 1910 and won two test places, scoring a try on his test debut. He captained Ireland three times.
Born: 1890
Died: 1972
SOURCE: http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerso-
n/507
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