ROBERTS John Lester

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Lester 
  • Surname:
    ROBERTS
  • Service Number:
    325420
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    1st/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Bouzanti
  • Place of Burial:
    Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, Bozanti Memorial 191.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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ROBERTS John Lester Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars

Further Information About ROBERTS John Lester

Additional information on the memorial: Private

Private J.L. Roberts 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, embarked at Avonmouth 9th April 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915.  Died at Bouzanti on 27th October 1918, Prisoner of War.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

A photograph of Trooper J. L. Roberts, possibly this casualty, can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 20th January 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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