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Sjt. Ernest Wyndham Arthur Lester DCM
British Army 468 Field Coy. Royal Engineers
During the attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt Captain James Selby Gardner was wounded in the neck. Serjeant Ernest Wyndham Arthur Lester took command and went on to rescue several men from 'no-man's land' whilst under constant sniper-fire. For this gallantry he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.