BORN HULL 1878. ELDEST SON OF SARAH EMMA GEE (1872-1929) & THE LATE ARTHUR GEORGE GEE (1852-1910), OF 16, MARKET PLACE, HULL & 96, SUNNY BANK, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.
LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WAS REGULAR, PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER AND SERVED WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. AWARDED THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL (LSM). PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS TO 2/LIEUT, ON 06/03/1915. HE DIED AT DARTFORD, KENT, ON 14/12/1917, AGED 39.
HIS WIDOW EVA, LIVED 18 GREEN LANE, NEW ELTHAM, LONDON. HE IS BURIED AT PLUMSTEAD, CEMETERY, LONDON. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”
HIS YOUNG BROTHER, PRIVATE, SIDNEY WEBSTER GEE, 12703, OF THE 7TH EYR, WAS KILLED, AT THE SOMME, ON 12/11/1916, AGED 24. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. “DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.”
