Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Date of death: 20/07/1916 (aged 26)
BORN WORKSOP 1891. ONLY SON OF JOHN BRADSHAW LEES & ELIZABETH LEES, OF 5 BRROK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 COLONIAL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESSS).
HE HAD ENLISTED AT CARAVON, JOINING THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. A RESERVIST WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN INDIA. A SINGLE MAN, AND FORMER RECKITTS CANISTER WORKER. HE LIVED IN WITHERNSEA.
HE REJOINED THE ARMY IN AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 2ND ROYAL WELSH FUSILIER. KILLED BY SHELL FIRE, ON 20/07/1916, AGED 26. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
HAROLD BERNARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
9291
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
26
