BORN HULL OCT 1875. SON OF HENRY LEE (1845-1875) & BETSY KNOTT (1839- 1926), OF 39 HARDWICK STREET, HULL. MARRIED AT ST JUDES, HULL, ON 02/09/1903. AGED 27. HIS WIFE ALICE ANN GUEST (1877-1950) & SON, NORMAN (1913-1971), LIVED AT 31 FALMOUTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER GRAIN CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/03/1916, AGED 40. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, THREE TATTOO MARKS ON LEFT FOREARM. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25655, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 06/12/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED DURING AN AIR RAID, AT ETAPLES, ON 19/05/1918, AGED 42.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW, ALICE. THEY INCLUDED LETTERS, DICTIONARY, SOLDIER’S DIARY AND PIPE. HE ALSO LEFT £341 IN HIS WILL TO ALICE ANN LEE AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 33 SHILLINGS AND FOUR PENCE, ON 06/12/1918, FOR HERSELF AND SON, NORMAN GUEST, BORN ON 09/11./1913. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST JOHN NEWLAND CHURCH MEMORIAL, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL
