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Private JAMES HENRY LESTER

Service Number: 22959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REDAN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

C. 69.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Clara Lester, of 19, Lord Nelson St., Warrington.
  • Personal Inscription TO HAVE, TO LOVE AND THEN TO PART IS THE SADDEST STORY OF A MOTHER'S HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

REDAN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.2, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 279
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