WORLD WAR I

Bingham War Memorial

203077	Private George William Lester	2nd Lincolnshire Regiment	born 1880
	No service records available
Medal roll SWB roll	Awarded Victory and British medals. Awarded Silver War Badge Enlisted: 11th December 1915 Discharged: 4th October 1918, wounded.
Roll of Honour AVL	Wounded once on the Western Front AVL Address: 8 Long Acre Row
Forces War Records	George is likely to have been involved in some or all of the actions recorded below. 2nd Battalion A year before George enlisted the battalion was mobilised for war on 06.11.1914 and landed at Havre where the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front before George joined. From the beginning of 1916 he would have been involved in action as follows: During 1916 The Battle of Albert on the Somme. During 1917 The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The Battle of Pilkem, The Battle of Langemarck. 04.02.1918 Transferred to the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division. During 1918 The Battle of St Quentin, The First and Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Second Battle of Kemmel, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Epehy, The Battle of the St Quentin Canal and the Battle of Cambrai. The later was fought in September; the Battle of the Selle was in November. It thus seems likely that Robert was wounded at Cambrai.

	Private George William Lester
1880 FREEBMD	Born Sandy, Beds OCT – DEC
Census 1881	Living in Netherfield Lane, Carlton, Notts with: Father: George, b. 1855 Potton, Beds Mother: Eleanor, b. 1858 Graffham, Huntingdonshire Lodgers: Joseph Gill, b. 1863, Southwell Clement Mathers, b. 1856, Handsworth Yks	Railway Guard Railway engine cleaner Railway engine cleaner
1891 Census	Living in North West Terrace, Carlton, Notts with: Father: George Mother: Eleanor Siblings: John T, b. 1883 Netherfield Gertrude A, b. 1889 Netherfield	Railway Guard
1901 Census	Not listed in any genealogy site
Census 1911	Living on Long Acre Row, Bingham with: Widowed mother: Eleanor Ann, b.1858 in Graffham St Neots Brother: John Thomas b. 1883 Colwick, Notts	Farm Labourer Charwoman Labourer	Brother John served in WW1. Click on name to learn more.
1918 AVL	8 Long Acre Row, Bingham
Electoral registers	1921-2: 8 Long Acre Row with mother and brother 1923-5 Needham Street with Sarah Elizabeth Theodora 1926-31 – Nottingham Road with Sarah Elizabeth Theodora
1922 FREEBMD	George William married Sarah E T Hill in Jun qtr. at Bingham.
1939 Register	4 Council Houses, Flintham: George W Lester, b. 11 Oct 1880, married Sarah ET Lester, b. 10 Mar 1886, married Eliza Young, b. 16 Jan 1860, widow	Notts CC Road man House duties unpaid Incapacitated
1953 FREEBMD	George died in Bingham JAN- MAR qtr