1729 PTE H.C.FOSTER 6/CHES.R. (on 1914 Star)
1729 PTE H.C.H.FOSTER CHES.R. (on pair)
(DEFENCE MEDAL is un-named as issued)
Harry Corbett Hicks Foster
Born Donnington, Wellington, Shropshire 15/2/1897
Pre-war Engineer
Enlisted 27/4/14
To France 10/11/14 with 6th Cheshire Regt-T.F.
Returned to Blighty 30/3/16
Discharged Medically Unfit 9/8/16 & was entitled to the Silver War Badge
Later joined RAF 11/4/18 as a CPL (141993) & initially served as a Disciplinarian before becoming a clerk
Discharged from the RAF 28/12/29
Joined the War Office as a Special War Department Clerk 26/1/33
Died in Tunbridge Wells February 1985 & was buried in Kent
With copy of his Medal Index Card, RAF Papers, London Gazette details & supporting research documentation
Mounted as worn with old slide-on 'Aug-Nov 1914' Clasp
Condition: Trio contacted & polished AVF, Defence Medal VF