Service Details
Name:
 LESTER
Given Name:
 JAMES EDWARD
Initials:
 J E
Rank:
 Fireman and Trimmer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Marlene (London)
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Date of Death:
 1941-04-04
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed, attacked by gunfire and sunk by U-124. En route Calcutta and Walvis Bay, South West Africa to the UK via Freetown.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Laura Elizabeth Lester, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 69.

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