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War Badge Certificate to Edward Lester

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SubjectLester, Edward William
TitleWar Badge Certificate to Edward Lester
NotesThese items relate to Edward Lester (1898-1967) who was a prisoner of war. His injuries were slight but kept him out of the Second World War.

Editor's Comment:
Certificate for award of War Badge to Edward Lester (given to those invalided out of the army through sickness or being wounded).

Private 5263 Edward William Lester, 16th Lancers, was taken prisoner having been wounded by Machine Gun fire.
Item Date9th January 1920
Creation placeCanterbury
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentOfficial document
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_5426_WarBadge.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameFrances Parkes
Contributed on the behalf ofSusan Bradbury
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/6371