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Private J H LESTER

Service Number: 66429
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XVI. B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Lester, of Blackpool; husband of Jessie Lester, of 59, Norton St., West Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE ANSWERED THE CALL OF HONOUR AND NOBLY FELL
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Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1624
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