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The Men Behind the Trident: SEAL Team One in Vietnam
By Dennis J. Cummings
3 Commando Brigade
By Ewen Southby-Tailyour
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 44940" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Foster</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gretton Francis</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>V Force</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A/Lieutenant Colonel</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>217359</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Order</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1945</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>parent unit Suffolk Regiment</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>born 26.1.1918 Coggeshall, Essex</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>son of M.E. and Mrs Foster, Stuart House, Coggeshall, Essex</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>educated Earls Colne Grammar School, Essex</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>Suffolk Regiment 1939</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>served in France 1940 (Lance Corporal)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>commissioned 21.11.1941</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>1st Tribal Legion</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>SOE 1942-43 (Lt)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>award M.C. (London Gazette 8.4.1943)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>V Force 1943-45 (Captain - A/Lt Colonel)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>farmer, Londiani, Kenya and Morayshire, Scotland</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>moved to Dorset 1970</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>employed with Edens (land agents)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>married Evelyn Ann Knaggs 1952 (4 children)</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em>died 26.7.2012 Sherborne, Dorset</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-foster.15735/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/15/15735-1c86ab0b79da8d4b42c610dff3a374fd.jpg?1659548589" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 44940, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Foster[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gretton Francis[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]V Force[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]A/Lieutenant Colonel[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]217359[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Service Order[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Burma 1945[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I][I]parent unit Suffolk Regiment[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]born 26.1.1918 Coggeshall, Essex[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]son of M.E. and Mrs Foster, Stuart House, Coggeshall, Essex[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]educated Earls Colne Grammar School, Essex[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]Suffolk Regiment 1939[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]served in France 1940 (Lance Corporal)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]commissioned 21.11.1941[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]1st Tribal Legion[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]SOE 1942-43 (Lt)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]award M.C. (London Gazette 8.4.1943)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]V Force 1943-45 (Captain - A/Lt Colonel)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]farmer, Londiani, Kenya and Morayshire, Scotland[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]moved to Dorset 1970[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]employed with Edens (land agents)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]married Evelyn Ann Knaggs 1952 (4 children)[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I]died 26.7.2012 Sherborne, Dorset[/I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-foster.15735/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/custom_thumbnail/15/15735-1c86ab0b79da8d4b42c610dff3a374fd.jpg?1659548589[/IMG][/URL][/I][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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