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Captain JOHN BEAUMONT LESTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS

Sp. Mem. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John Beaumont Lester and Rose Lester, of London; husband of Leontine I. E. Lester, of 33, Gwendwr Rd., West Kensington, London.
  • Personal Inscription WHO SHALL SING THE SONG OF THEM THE WONDER AND THE STRENGTH OF THEM
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Buried or commemorated at

BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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