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Crowmarsh Gifford in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Lieutenant Alfred John Lester

 
 
Lieutenant Alfred John Lester Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, August 20, 2023
1. Lieutenant Alfred John Lester Marker
Inscription.
This field was presented to the Borough of Wallingford by
Alderman and Mrs. A C Lester in memory of their son
Lieutenant Alfred John Lester
7th Battalion the Hampshire Regiment
Killed in action 1st August 1944
Aged 27 years

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 51° 36.016′ N, 1° 7.077′ W. Memorial is in Crowmarsh Gifford, England, in Oxfordshire. It can be reached from The Street. Marker is next to the slip road on your right as you cross the bridge from Crowmarsh Gifford to Wallingford. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: The St, Crowmarsh Gifford, England OX10 8FL, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 19 kilometers of this marker, measured
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as the crow flies: All Hallows Graveyard (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Thomas Bennett (approx. half a kilometer away); Judge Sir William Blackstone (approx. half a kilometer away); St Mary-le-More Church (approx. half a kilometer away); Kinecroft (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); The Kings Head & Bell (approx. 13.7 kilometers away); Sandford Lock (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); John Lennon & Paul McCartney (approx. 18.1 kilometers away).
 
Lieutenant Alfred John Lester Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, August 20, 2023
2. Lieutenant Alfred John Lester Marker
Lieutenant Alfred John Lester Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, August 20, 2023
3. Lieutenant Alfred John Lester Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. This page has been viewed 134 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 21, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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