Find Ancestors

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Commonwealth war graves site

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Sidami

Sidami Report 22 Feb 2018 19:03

Having difficulty in finding three brothers for some reason I am either not doing it right or they are not there? Names are Frank Foster. John Foster and Walter Foster all sons of Charles Foster and Sabina from Horncastle?

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Feb 2018 19:06

Which war was this

WW 1 or 2?

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

safc

safc Report 22 Feb 2018 19:07


PrivateFOSTER, WALTER WILFORD

Service Number 43077

Died 25/12/1916

Aged 20

1st Bn.
Lincolnshire Regiment

Son of Charles William and Sabina Foster, of 3, Langton Hill, Horncastle, Lincs.

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Feb 2018 19:09

This family ???

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Langton Lane Horncastle, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England

Learn more

Print transcription View image Start free family tree Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
Charles W Foster Husband Married Male 64 1847 Thimbleby Lincs Labourer On Land Transcription
Sabina Foster Wife Married Female 58 1853 Edlington Lincs - Transcription
Charles W Foster Son - Male 28 1883 Thimbleby Lincs Labourer On Land Transcription
Walter W Foster Son - Male 14. 1897 Thimbelby

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

safc

safc Report 22 Feb 2018 19:09


PrivateFOSTER, JOHN EDWARD

Service Number 22737

Died 23/10/1916

Aged 24

2nd Bn.
Lincolnshire Regiment

Son of Charles William and Sabina Foster, of 3, Langton Hill, Horncastle; husband of Edith Mary Foster, of 4, Langton Hill, Horncastle, Lincs.

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 22 Feb 2018 19:11

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/Horncastle.html

(see above. Numbers will help you with further Military research)

Chris :)

safc

safc Report 22 Feb 2018 19:11


PrivateFOSTER, F

Service Number 15009

Died 11/03/1917

Aged 27

8th Bn.
Lincolnshire Regiment

Son of Charles William and Sabina Foster, of 3, Langton Hill, Horncastle, Lincs.

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Sidami

Sidami Report 22 Feb 2018 19:12

1st ww

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

Sidami

Sidami Report 22 Feb 2018 19:13

Thankyou that’s the info I have but I am trying to download the certificate but it’s not finding them on the site?

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 22 Feb 2018 19:15

https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/

(try Foster and Number)

Chris :)

https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/search

(another above)

https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/4166467

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 22 Feb 2018 19:20

Sidami, are you putting the surname in the first box on the search page?

It's an easy mistake to make- to assume the first box is for first name

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 22 Feb 2018 19:29

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2942654/foster,-walter-wilford/

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/749699/foster,-john-edward/

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/550856/foster,-/

An image of Fred's headstone is here
https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/4166467

For a donation of £4, you can request a 'clean' copy sent to you by email. You can normally download the image from the site although it will have TWGPP copyrighted on it.

The other 2 have their names inscribed on memorials, suggesting that their remains haven't been identified.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 22 Feb 2018 19:39

All change new look 'search' styles everywhere now!, is it supposed to make things easier? (not thinking so here, somedays I wonder how we find anything!) oh for the 'Old', lol.

Chris :)

Sidami

Sidami Report 22 Feb 2018 19:46

That is what I was trying to get the certificates Thankyou for your time still don’t know what I was doing wrong?

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.