War Badge Certificate to Edward Lester
| Title |
War Badge Certificate to Edward Lester
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|---|---|
| Subject |
Lester, Edward William
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| Notes |
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.
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 date |
9th January 1920
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| Creation place |
Canterbury
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_5426_WarBadge.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Frances Parkes
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Susan Bradbury
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Collection
Citation
“War Badge Certificate to Edward Lester,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/6371.
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