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Sergeant GORDON LESTER

Service Number: 1818761
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

576 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 03 February 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY

IV. D. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Harold and Dorothy Winifred Lester, of Derby.
  • Personal Inscription OUR LOVED ONE LIES SLEEPING UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY
Luxembourg Belgium
Number of casualties: 668
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