Notes for: Charles Albert FOSKETT

1901 Living in Surbiton, Surrey with parents and siblings.
Private, No 22099, 5th Battalion, Dorset Regoment. Killed in action at the Somme, commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIALSomme, Enlisted at Bournemouth; residence Winton, Hants.
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ST LUKES CHURCH
ST LUKES RD
BOURNEMOUTH
DORSET
ENGLAND
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ACROSS BOTTOM OF WINDOWS: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY 1914 - 1918 SMALL PANEL WITHIN WINDOW: THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT OF HEAVEN, THROUGH PERIL TOIL AND PAIN, OH GOD TO US MAY GRAVE BE GIVEN, TO FOLLOW IN THEIR TRAIN (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)

TWO LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH DEDICATION RUNNING ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE TWO LIGHTS. WINDOW SHOWS ST GEROGE KNEELING AT THE FEET OF JESUS CHRIST WITH FOUR ANGELS STANDING BEHIND. JESUS STANDS ON A SMALL PANEL WITH INSCRIPTION.

Charles Albert Foskett
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