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Private FRANCIS JAMES LESTER

Service Number: 37951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Ethel Lester, of Tandridge Court Laundry, Oxted, Surrey. Born at Ipswich.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 214
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