These soldiers service records are known as the "Burnt Papers" as they were bombed during WW2 and partially destroyed. Only about 30-40% have survived and the majority of Foskett soldiers do not appear. Many of the remaining papers are in very poor condition and are often difficult to read, hence some of the dates/numbers may be incorrect.
The records are at the National
Archives at Kew and can contain the following information: year of
birth, town and county of birth, places served, period of time
served, next of kin. A description of the recruit and his occupation at time of enlistment is included.
Where the soldier is married, the records often hold the name of his wife, the date of his marriage and birth dates of any
dependent children. However, it should be stated that not all the records are so comprehensive.
Where a soldier has enlisted twice, I have included a second entry for him in the index.
I have searched all these records at Kew and listed below is just the index.
If you would like full details, please email me.
Name | Year of Birth | Unit | Enlisted | Dem/KIA | Notes |
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Albert Edward Forskitt | 1899 | Suffolk Regt | 1917 | 1919 | |
Albert Edward Forsgate | 1900 | Machine Gun Corps | 1917 | 1919 | |
Alexander Foskett | 1885 | Royal Field Artillery | 1915 | 1919 | |
Alfred Foskett | 1884 | 7th Ox and Bucks Light Inf | 1914 | 1919 | |
Alfred John Foskett | 1899 | South Wales Borderers | 1917 | 1918 | KIA |
Allen Foskett | 1889 | Labour Corps | 1916 | 1919 | |
Arthur Foskett | 1873 | Middlesex Regt | 1892 | 1902 | |
Arthur A Foskett | 1890 | Suffolk Regt | 1914 | 1916 | Re- enlisted |
Arthur A Foskett | 1890 | Royal Engineers | 1916 | 1917 | |
Arthur John Foskett | 1876 | Royal Field Artillery | 1916 | 1919 | |
Bernard Cuthbert Foskett | 1895 | County of London Regt | 1915 | 1917 | |
Bruce Foskett | 1883 | Royal Garrison Artillery | 1915 | 1919 | |
Charles Foskett | 1883 | West Yorkshire Regiment | 1915 | 1917 | |
Charles Forscutt | 1883 | Tank Corps | 1915 | 1919 | |
Charles James Foskett | 1878 | Royal Army Service Corps | 1914 | 1919 | |
Charles Kenneth Foskett | 1893 | London F A Brigade | 1918 | 1920 | |
Cyril Douglas Foskett | 1895 | Durham Light Infantry | 1918 | 1919 | |
Edgar Richard Foskett | 1885 | RASC | 1915 | 1919 | |
Edward George Foskett | 1885 | London Regt | 1915 | 1918 | KIA |
Edward Walter Foskett | 1899 | West Somerset and Dorset Yeomanry | 1917 | 1918 | |
Edwin Foskett | 1882 | Labour Corps | 1917 | 1919 | |
Ernest Francis Foskett | 1891 | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | 1914 | 1919 | |
Ernest Frederick Foskett | 1891 | ASC | 1915 | 1919 | |
Frank (Harry) Foskett | 1892 | London Regt | 1915 | 1919 | |
Frederick Thomas Forskitt | 1901 | East Kent Regt/Queens Regt | 1918 | 1920 | |
Frederick Foskett | 1891 | Heavy Battery - RGA | 1915 | 1919 | |
George Foskett | 1873 | Royal Engineers | 1915 | 1916 | |
George Thomas Foskett | 1873 | Kings Dragoon Guards | 1914 | 1919 | Prev Service |
George William Foskett | 1876 | Essex Regt | 1916 | 1919 | |
Harry Forskitt | 1881 | Northamptonshire Regt | 1916 | 1919 | |
Harry Joseph Foskett | 1900 | City of London Yeomanry | 1918 | 1919 | |
Henry Foskett | 1900 | Queens Regt | 1919 | 1921 | |
Harry (Henry) Foskett | 1884 | RGA | 1916 | 1919 | |
Henry Robert Foskett | 1860 | Hussars | 1878 | 1882 | re-enlisted |
Henry Robert Foskett | 1860 | Cavalry Regt | 1914 | 1918 | |
Herbert Foskett | 1884 | Motor Transport Corps | 1916 | 1920 | |
James Foskett | 1884 | Royal Engineers | 1915 | 1919 | |
James Foskett | 1893 | Army Service Corps | 1914 | 1919 | |
James Benjamin Foskett | 1893 | Lincolnshire Regiment | 1914 | 1915 | Wounded |
James Russell Foskett | 1877 | Army Service Corps | 1897 | 1897 | re-enlisted |
James Russell Foskett | 1877 | Northampton Regt | 1916 | 1919 | |
James William Foskett | 1892 | RMSC | 1915 | 1919 | |
John Archibald Theodore Foskett | 1899 | Ox and Bucks Light Infantry | 1917 | 1918 | |
John Frederick Foskett | 1878 | Royal Engineers | 1914 | 1919 | |
Joseph Foskett | 1899 | Royal Engineers - Signals | 1917 | 1919 | |
Joseph George Foskett | 1884 | Norfolk Regt | 1917 | 1917 | Died |
Leonard Foskett | 1886 | Buffs | 1915 | 1917 | GSW-Leg amp |
Leonard Thomas Foskett | 1896 | Royal Field Artillery | 1915 | 1919 | |
Matthew Foskett | 1875 | RAMC | 1915 | 1919 | |
Percy James Foskett | 1888 | Army Service Corps | 1916 | 1919 | |
Robert Foskett | 1886 | Labour Corps | 1914 | 1919 | |
Robert Foskett | 1890 | Royal Engineers | 1915 | 1919 | |
Samuel William Foskett | 1878 | Royal Enineers - Postal Section | 1914 | 1919 | |
Sidney Arthur Foskett | 1895 | Labour Corps | 1916 | 1919 | |
Thomas Foskett | 1889 | Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1915 | 1919 | |
Thomas Foskett | 1890 | RAMC | 1917 | 1919 | |
Thomas Theophilius Foskett | 1896 | Army Service Corps | 1917 | 1919 | |
Walter Foskett | 1891 | EAD | 1912 | 1919 | |
Walter Henry Foskett | 1880 | Royal Engineers | 1915 | 1919 |
© Sandra J Smith MBE 2007