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Private LESTER WILLIAM HANDFORD

Service Number: 790478
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1918

Buried or commemorated at

HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. R. L. Handford, of Ladner, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVE YOU BEST SLEEP ON BELOVED AND TAKE THY REST
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

HAYNECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 289
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