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Serjeant EDWIN JAMES LESTER

Service Number: 6767
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CLIFTON HAMPDEN (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

North of Church.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Lester, of Clifton Hampden.
  • Personal Inscription HE SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY HIM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
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Buried or commemorated at

CLIFTON HAMPDEN (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
Oxfordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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