HENRY GEORGE FOREMAN

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Died on or since death presumed: 4th April 1918; age 26; KiA.

Residence: Sheerness, Kent.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Date of Entry Therein: 20th December 1914 – France.

Rank: Sergeant; Service Number: 3941

Regiment: The Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.

Memorial Reference:

Panel 81 & 84.

Pozieres Memorial,

Somme,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Frances Foreman, of 25, Russell Street, Mile Town, Sheerness, Kent.

On the 1st May 1916, at St. Paul’s Parish Church, Sheerness, Kent, 23 year old, Henry, a Corporal for the Rifle Brigade, married 20 year old, Frances Collins, of 25, Russell Street, Sheerness, born 1896, Sheerness, Kent.

They had 1 daughter:

Doris Hilda Foreman, born September 1918, Sheerness, Kent.

Soldiers’ Effects to Frances Foreman – widow.

The Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion: