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Alfred James Foster

by Lafayette
whole-plate nitrate negative, 1 May 1928
Given by Pinewood Studios via Victoria and Albert Museum, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x49658

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Current affairs

The Representation of the People Act 1928 grants women the same rights to vote as men. Building on reform of 1918, this Act lowered the voting age for women from 30 to 21, and removed the ownership of property requirements.

Art and science

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. The Scottish scientist's identification of the first antibiotic revolutionised the treatment of infection and is a landmark in medical history. By the Second World War, penicillin was being used to treat wounded soldiers and had a major impact on survival rates of those with infected wounds.

International

Stalin announces the Soviet Union's first Five-Year plan of economic development. Based on Lenin's New Economic Policy, the Five-Year Plans aimed to expand the country's economy through rapid centralised industrialisation.

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Richard Knox

15 September 2020, 19:45

As a Lt Colonel, Alfred James Foster was the Commanding officer of the 4th (territorial) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers from 1913 to 1915. He led the Battalion in action in Belgium in 1915 until ilness prevent active service. He subsequently continued his war work for the Ministry of Munitions.
wasa made a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (the smaller of the neck decorations) in 1918 and a CBE in 1919 in appreciation of his war service. The other medals he wears are the standard WW1 trio, the Edward VII coronation medal and the French Legion D'Honneur. He is sitting in his full dress uniform in the pictures you have.