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Captain LIONEL HERBERT LESTER

Service Number: 260402
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 4.

Eritrea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Ethel Maud Lester; husband of Blanche Eileen Rex Lester. M.R.C.V.S. (London).
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Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 284
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