BORN GRANTHAM, LINCS, 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY CALTON LEE, DUDLEY HOUSE, DUDLEY ROAD, GRANTHAM & 76 , LOWGATE, HULL. THE SEVENTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENAT, IN THE 8TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 19. HE LEFT £543 TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM AND ELDEST BROTHER, ROTHWELL LEE (BOTH MERCHANTS) IN HIS WILL.
HE IS BURIED AT DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, WEST VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY”
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, CARLTON LEE, 27076, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/09/1918, AGED 37
First name:
HOLDSWORTH
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY, WEST VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
Age:
19
76 , LOWGATE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
