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Foster, Edward Barwell

    Date of birth:
    June 30th, 1908 (Brighton/East Sussex, Great Britain)
    Date of death:
    January 1997 (Poole/Dorset, Great Britain)
    Service number:
    C/J.110040
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

    Promotions:
    June 27th, 1924: Boy Seaman;
    June 30th, 1926: Ordinary Seaman;
    September 29th, 1926: Able Seaman;
    February 17th, 1933: Acting Leading Seaman;
    February 17th, 1934: Leading Seaman;
    March 1st, 1935: Acting Petty Officer;
    March 1st, 1936: Petty Officer;
    June 11th, 1941: Chief Petty Officer;
    January 20th, 1947: Chief Electrician.

    Career:
    June 27th, 1924: HMS Impregnable;
    1926: China Station;
    ?: HMS Woolston;
    ?: HMS Wanderer;
    ?: HMS Wild Swan;
    1933: HMS Dolphin;
    ?: HMS Swordfish;
    1935: HMS Medway;
    Ocotber 5th, 1940 - March 31st, 1941: HMS Campbeltown;
    1941: HMS Pembroke;
    August 28th, 1942 - July 30th, 1945: HMS Warspite.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Chief Petty Officer
    Unit:
    H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy
    Awarded on:
    July 1st, 1941
    Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1936-1952
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Chief Petty Officer
    Unit:
    H.M.S. Warspite (03), Royal Navy
    Awarded on:
    June 14th, 1945

    LG 37119/2970.
    Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)

    Sources

    • - Supplement to The London Gazette of 8th June 1945, Issue 37119, dated 14th June 1945
      - Unit Histories

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