BORN SHIPLEY 12/03/1894. SON OF WILLIAM HALL AND ADA SHARP (1861-1920). A STUDENT NURSE. HE MARRIED ON 03/11/1915. HUSBAND OF MARY EDWARDS (1893-1969), OF 21 LINDEN AVENUE, COTTINGHAM AND 27 CARR LANE, SHIPLEY, YORKSHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT SHIPLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29/1218, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, YPRES, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY.
First name:
JOHN HERBERT LEE
Military Number:
42646
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/09/1917
Place died:
Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
