BORN HULL 1892. SON OF SARAH EMMA WEBSTER (1872-1929) & THE LATE ARTHUR GEORGE GEE (1852-1910), OF 16 MARKET PLACE & 96 SUNNY BANK, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. HE WORKED AS A MARINE ENGINE APPRENTICE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/11/1916, AGED 24. HE LEFT £196 TO HIS AUNT LOUISA GEE, A SPINSTER. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON HYMERS COLLEGE ROLL OF HONOUR.
HE WAS REMEMBERED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/12/1916. DEEPLY MOURNED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
HIS BROTHER, ALBERT EDWIN GEE, WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, WHO WAS PROMOTED THROUGH THE RANKS TO 2ND LIEUTENANT, WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY AND DIED AT DARTFORD, KENT, IN 1917, AGED 37.
