We remember Joshua Frederick Bishop Lester

We remember Joshua Frederick Bishop Lester

Timeline

Timeline

1889
birth Bow, East London United Kingdom Source:8451089 Source:8451090 1889
1911
employment Postman General Post Office London United Kingdom Source:9402225 April 1911
1911
location 180 Queens Road, Dalston, East London United Kingdom parents address Source:9402225 April 1911
1914
marriage Emily Eliza Potts Source:9495004 June 1914 - 9th November 1918
1916
enlistment Stratford, East London United Kingdom Source:8451090 1916
1916
service British Army Rifleman 6706 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8451089 1916 - 31st December 1916
1917
service British Army Rifleman 373598 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:8451089 1st January 1917 - 9th November 1918
employment Postal Staff General Post Office Chief Post Office, King Edward Building, London United Kingdom Source:9402236
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8451090
location Clapton, East London United Kingdom Source:8451090
1918
death Died of wounds Nord France Source:8451089 Source:8451090 9th November 1918
burial Ascq Communal Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Nord France Source:8451089

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Joshua Frederick Bishop
Initials JFB
Last Name Lester
Source 8451089
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
180 Queens Road, Dalston, East London United Kingdom parents address known April 1911
Clapton, East London United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 6706 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 373598 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ann Maria Lester mother
Henry Lester father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Emily Eliza Potts wife June 1914

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Valerie34433
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Valerie34433
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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London Chief Post Office War Memorial Valerie34433
Potts and Lester family grave Edward43379

Multimedia

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Potts and Lester family grave Edward43379

Stories

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