BORN STONEFERRY, HULL, 1890. SON OF JAMES & JANE LEE , OF 26 , DAGGER LANE, HULL, (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 230, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO LEICESTER (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A GAS FITTER, PLUMBER & GLAZIER.
HE ENLISTED IN LEICESTER. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 16137, 8TH LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 14/07/1916, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ERNEST DENNIS LEE, 23957, SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 34.
First name:
JAMES FREDERICK
Military Number:
16137
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
26
