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Private Frank Lester VC Hoylake Chapel

Source: Copyright St Andrew's Church Secretary

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Hoylake Chapel, Evangelical Christian Church, Station Road, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside, CH47 4AA, England

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SJ 21582 88774

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Nonconformist

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Frank Lester

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2311
Description: Large ornate board. Wall mounted carved oak wall plaque with gold writing. It has two carved wooden columns down either side
Inscription: AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS/PTE FRANK LESTER 10TH (S) BATTALION LANCASHIRE/FUSILIERS FOR MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL MEMBER/OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THIS CHURCH, WAS AWARDED/THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR A CONSPICUOUS ACT OF/GALLANTRY & SELF SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR/DURING THE OPERATION OF CLEARING THE VILLAGE OF/NEUVILLY ON OCTOBER 12TH 1918. / HE WAS ONE OF A PARTY OF ABOUT SEVEN MEN UNDER/AN OFFICER, & WAS THE FIRST TO ENTER A HOUSE OCCUPIED/BY GERMANS WHOM HE SHOT. A MINUTE LATER A FALL OF/MASONRY BLOCKED THE DOORWAY BY WHICH THE PARTY/HAD ENTERED LEAVING ONLY AN EXIT INTO THE STREET/WHICH WAS BEING SWEPT BY MACHINE-GUN FIRE. A/SECOND PARTY OF EIGHT MEN WERE IN A SIMILAR/PLIGHT IN A HOUSE OPPOSITE, & FROM A HOLE HIGH UP/IN A GARDEN WALL A GERMAN SNIPER BEGAN TO PICK/OFF THE IMPRISONED MEN ONE BY ONE. DASHING OUT INTO THE STREET PTE. LESTER SHOT THE SNIPER FROM FIVE TO EIGHT YARDS RANGE, FALLING / HIMSELF MORTALLY WOUNDED AT THE SAME INSTANT./THE GALLANT MAN KNEW IT WAS CERTAIN DEATH/TO GO INTO THE STREET, BUT TO SAVE THE LIVES/OF HIS COMRADES HE SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE./THE SUBLIME ACT WAS CONSISTENT WITH/FRANK LESTER'S CHARACTER AND IDEALS.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, Forename, Surname, Regiment, Manner of Death, Place of death, Date of death

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, Forename, Surname, Regiment, Manner of Death, Place of death, Date of death

Components

Board

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

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