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Rifleman JOSHUA FREDERICK BISHOP LESTER

Service Number: 373598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Emily E. Lester, of 56, Church Rd., Homerton, London.
  • Personal Inscription LEAD KINDLY LIGHT LOVED BY ALL & DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ASCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 58
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