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Military service
Service number:
715616
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
December 6, 1896
Enlistment:
Truro, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 29, 1917
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Bentley, of Otter Brook, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private James Lester Bentley
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of JAMES LESTER BENTLEY
Lester enlisted in the 25th Batallion of the Nova Scotia Regiment and was killed in action in France on April 29, 1917. He has no known grave but he is commemorated on the Vimy Ridge Memorial in Pas de Calais, France -
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private James Lester Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private James Lester Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private James Lester Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private James Lester Bentley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 200 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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