Memorial

Sergeant E Lester and Corporal F Lester VC

Sergeant Edwin Lester and Corporal Frank Lester VC

Source: Stella Edwards

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Current Location

, Holy Trinity Graveyard, Trinity Road, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 2BL, England

SJ 21914 89424

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 50972
Description: Upright stone. Flat topped with a semi-circular central features and square shoulders that extend beyond the main face. The inscription panel is slightly raised and follows the overall shape of the stone. Within the curve of the panel is a recessed panel containing a carving of the badge of the Cheshire Regiment on the left, a Latin cross in the centre and the badge of the Lancashire Fusiliers on the right
Inscription: .../ ALSO OF SGT. EDWIN LESTER., 4TH CHES. REGT. / THEIR ELDEST SON, WHO DIED OF SYNCOPE,/ 9TH JULY 1917, AGED 23 YEARS & WAS INTERRED / IN TEL-EL-FARA CEMETERY, PALESTINE. / "THEY WILL BE DONE" / AND OF CORPORAL FRANK LESTER, V.C./OF THE 10TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS, THEIR SECOND SON./HE FELL IN ACTION IN THE VILLAGE OF NEUVILLY,/FRANCE, WHERE HIS BRAVERY SAVED THE LIVES/OF MANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES, ON THE 12TH OCT./1918, IN HIS 22ND YEAR, HIS BODY LIES IN THE /NEUVILLY COMMUNAL CEMETERY./GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Rank; Forename; Surname; Unit; Cause and place of death; Date of and age at death; Place of burial
Order of names: Date of death

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank; Forename; Surname; Unit; Cause and place of death; Date of and age at death; Place of burial

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good