Fosse/Fossey family members who served in World War 1
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Fosse/Fossey family members
who served in the Great War
Two members of the family lost their lives while serving in the armed forces and a further six saw active service in World War 1.
The dates shown are often birth or baptism dates from our database, not necessarily those shown on service records, and parishes shown are parish of birth, where known, not the parish in which individuals were living when they joined up.
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Sons of Francis Fosse and Elizabeth
- Arthur Francis Fosse (1880- ) (St H), Sapper, Canadian Engineers
- Ernest Alfred Fosse (1882- ), Sergeant, North Staffordshire Regiment
- Horace George Fosse (Aus), son of Joseph and Harriet, of Jersey, Corporal, Australian Infantry, wounded twice
- Sydney George Fosse (1892- ) (St C) son of Auguste and Louisa Jane , ex-Militia, Gunner, RFA
- Arthur Rene Fossey (1892- ) (Gr) son of Paul Gustave and Marie Le Lerre, Private, Canadian Infantry
- Jules Clement Fossey (1892-1980) (St Mt) son of Jean Baptiste Fossey and Eugenie Baudains, Stoker RN, HMS Ophelia
Private Virgile Gustave Fosse
Virgile Gustave Fosse (1881-1918) with his wife Annie and seven children. A private in the Hampshire Regiment, he died on 17 May 1918 of battle wounds at the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and was buried at the nearby British cemetery at Pernes-en-Artois.
Born in St Saviour, the son of French parents Felix and Adele Fosse, of Leonard House, Albert Street, he was one of four children, his siblings being Felix, Emma and Celina. A carter for G J Laurens he married Angeline, born in France in 1880, in 1905. They had sons Peter and John in 1908 and 1910. Annie had been married before and her daughter Elise and sons Francis and Emile were living with the family at Tilgate Cottage, Payn Street, in 1911. When Virgile died his wife and children were living at 13 La Motte Street
Born in St Saviour, the son of French parents Felix and Adele Fosse, of Leonard House, Albert Street, he was one of four children, his siblings being Felix, Emma and Celina. A carter for G J Laurens he married Angeline, born in France in 1880, in 1905. They had sons Peter and John in 1908 and 1910. Annie had been married before and her daughter Elise and sons Francis and Emile were living with the family at Tilgate Cottage, Payn Street, in 1911. When Virgile died his wife and children were living at 13 La Motte Street
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Virgile Fosse -
Virgile's great-grandson Simon visited his grave in 2023
