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Private WILLIAM McKINLEY LESTER

Service Number: 3913576
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Monmouthshire Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXV. E. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Catherine Lester, of Newport, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription YOU DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON YOU. R.I.P. DAD & FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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