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Rifleman EDWIN GERARD LESTER

Service Number: 14653841
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

3A. A. 2.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles John and Lilian Grace Lester, of Clapham, London.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES, SILENTLY KEPT, OF THE ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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