A tragic end and a new beginning: ‘If my great-uncle doesn’t get killed at Vimy, then I don’t exist’ - News Summed Up

A tragic end and a new beginning: ‘If my great-uncle doesn’t get killed at Vimy, then I don’t exist’


Minnie’s second-eldest son, Audrey Lester Foster, was killed on April 9 in the Canadian assault on Vimy Ridge. And what came to be, after Audrey Lester Foster’s life ebbed away in the mud at Vimy, is a deeply personal matter for Dave Guy. Audrey Lester Foster’s death was a tragic end, but it also marked a beginning. Audrey wrote several letters home. Audrey Lester Foster is buried in France not far from the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge.


Source: National Post April 02, 2017 22:18 UTC



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