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Lance Corporal WILLIAM LESTER

Service Number: 15661
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XLVIII. F. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Susannah Lester, of "Canada," Mickleton, Campden, Glos, and the late William Lester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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