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Captain Douglas Cameron Foster

Captain Douglas Cameron Foster

Male 1891 - 1917  (26 years)

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  • Name Douglas Cameron Foster 
    Title Captain 
    Born 1891  Aldershot,Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Apr 1917  Killed in Action, Arras - France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3491  Salcombe
    Last Modified 1 Jun 2022 

    Father Turville Douglas Foster,   b. 29 Nov 1865, Empshott Grange, Nailsea, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1915, "The Moult" Salcombe Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Madeleine Cameron,   b. 1863, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1932, "Valley House" Salcombe Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1890 c 
    Family ID F1733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1891 - Aldershot,Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Apr 1917 - Killed in Action, Arras - France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • FOSTER, DOUGLAS CAMERON.
      Rank:Captain
      Date of Death:14/04/1917, Battle of Arras.
      Age:26
      Regiment/Service:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles
      )Grave ReferenceII. A. 17.CemeteryHENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY
      Additional Information:

      Son of Brig. Gen. Turville Douglas Foster and Madeleine Foster, of Salcombe, Devon.

      Brigadier General Turville & Madeleine Foster lived at Moult Salcombe

      Captain Douglas Cameron Foster of the Cameronians (the Scottish Rifles). The only son of late Brigadier-General Turville Douglas Foster and his wife, Madeleine Foster, of The Moult, Salcombe. Born in Aldershot in 1891. Received his commission in September, 1911 and promoted to Captain in October, 1915. Killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 14 April 1917 aged 26. Buried at Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery, Heninelm, Departement du Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Plot: II. A. 17.
    • Captain Douglas Cameron. Foster
      Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
      Date of death: 14/04/1917 (aged 26)
      Cemetery: HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY, France
      Son of Brig. Gen. Turville Douglas Foster and Madeleine Foster, of Salcombe, Devon.

      Image source: Lives of the First World War project: 2518232
      Location source: CWGC 254594


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