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Herbert Charles Lester
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Name Herbert Charles Lester
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Feb 1883 Kensington, Middlesex, England
Marriage 1909 Essex, Englandto Florence Violet Lloyd
Death? 20 Sep 1917 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, BelgiumBattle of Ypres
Burial? Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

1886 - Admitted to Fox School, Kensington, on 12 April. Herbert LESTER, son of Ambrose LESTER, of Fire Station Rd, born 9 2 1883.

1891 - With parents, 4 siblings and aunt at St Saviour (All Hallows), London. Herbert C. LESTER, aged 8, born at Kensington, London.

1911 - With wife and son in 3-room residence at London Salvage Corps, Southwark Bridge Rd, SE. Herbert Charles LESTER, salvage officer, worker at London Salvage Corps, aged 28, born at St Mary Abbott, Kensington.

1918 - Probate: Herbert Charles LESTER, of 137 Chobham-Road, Stratfod, Essex, Lance-corporal Royal Fusiliers, died on or since 20 September 1917 in France. Administration london 29 October to Florence Violet LESTER widow. Effects £84 4s 3d.

Service record: Name: Herbert Charles Lester; Birth Place: Kensington; Residence: Stratford; Death Date: 20 Sep 1917; Death Location: France & Flanders; Enlistment Location: Stratford; Rank: L/Corporal; Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment); Battalion: 26th Battalion; Number: 66265; Type of Casualty: Killed in action; Theatre of War: Western European Theatre; Comments: Formerly T/292807, R.A.S.C.