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56077: War Badge Certificate to Edward Lester

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<p dir="ltr">These 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. </p> <p><br>Editor's Comment:<br> Certificate for award of War Badge to Edward Lester (given to those invalided out of the army through sickness or being wounded). </p> <p>Private 5263 Edward William Lester, 16th Lancers, was taken prisoner having been wounded by Machine Gun fire.</p>

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Subject

Lester, Edward William

Date

9th January 1920

Date Created

01/08/1914

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1918

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Official document

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Frances Parkes | Susan Bradbury

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

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The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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