Percy Harold FOSTER

1891 - 1980  (88 years)

• Name	Percy Harold FOSTER  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	31 Aug 1891	Heaton, Newcastle   [4, 5, 6, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Bulford, Wiltshire, England   [4]
  	Sapper, Royal Engineers, Cabinet Maker
  RE1914	1 Jan 1914	Duffield   [7]
  	19249, Spr, 12th Division, Southampton
  _MILT	12 Oct 1914  [1, 2, 3]
  	Corporal, 3 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
  1921 Census	19 Jun 1921	Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire, England   [8]
  	Lance Sergeant Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship:
  Joined Ordnance Survey	6 Sep 1930  [9]
  	9355
  Joined Ordnance Survey	6 Sep 1930  [9]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	6 Sep 1930  [9]
  	9355, Percy Harold Foster
  	Name: Percy Harold Foster Date of Birth: 31/8/1891 Date Joined OS: 6/9/1930 Date Left OS: 6/9/1930 Last entry, See Staff Record Sheet See No 2682 RE Reg
  RoS Last Entry	6 Sep 1930  [9]
  	Last entry, See Staff Record Sheet
  	See No 2682 RE Reg
  Name	Percy Harold Foster  [9]
  Death	Mar 1980	Bournemouth, Dorset, England   [5, 9]
  Person ID	I48407	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

  Father	John Edward FOSTER,   b. Abt 1861, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabetha FOSTER,   b. Abt 1862, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ada MOORE,   b. Abt 1891
  Marriage	21 Jul 1917	Paddington, Middlesex   [10]
  	Holy Trinity Church
  Children	1. Anne FOSTER
  Family ID	F664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

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