| Surname: | Lester |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/11482 |
| Notes: | MFP./MMP Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 21/3/1915 to 14/12/1915 and (4) Mesopotamia, 7/3/1916. 16/12/1905 he enlisted as a Pte. Worcestershire Regt. No. 9705, age 21.6 years, occupation labourer to a boiler coverer, address: 45 Centre Street, Banbury, Oxon, born Bayswater, London, 12/2/1917 transferred to MFP, 31/5/1917 transferred to MMP, 11/5/1919 to class Z reserve. Served Home 16/12/1905 to 26/11/1907, South Africa 27/11/1907 to 1/10/1908, Home 2/10/1908 to 16/2/1909, India 17/2/1909 to 28/12/1913, Burma 29/12/1913 to 4/1/1915, Home 5/1/1915 to 20/3/1915, Med Exp Force 21/3/1915 to 14/12/1915, Home 15/12/1915 to 6/3/1916, Mesopotamia 7/3/1916 to 7/3/1919, en route 8/3/1919 to 11/4/1919, Home 12/4/1919 to 3/12/1919, Class Z reserve 4/12/1919. He was awarded the 1911 Coronation Durbar Medal. 5/1919 awarded £2 on the Fovant No 1 Demobilization Acquittance Roll. 24/12/1907 to 5/6/1908 qualified as Mounted Infantry with 3 Company, 6 Battalion Mounted Infantry at Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa. 11/11/1914 Intelligent, trustworthy, good man with horses. Alfred Lester. |