Private John Fletcher Lee
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Lee,
John Fletcher
Date of birth: 1892-08-17
Place of birth: Lewisham Kent England
Next of kin: Mrs Henton, 3 Bourne Street, Eastbourne, England.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Telephone Lineman
Occupation (normalized): Telephone and Telegraph Lineman
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-07-05
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, VIII. C. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 79211
Highest Rank:
Private
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Died of wounds in “The Bluff” nr The Spoilbank to the north of St Elooi, Begium.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 432535
LAC ID:
524210
Service file: B5526-S055
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Emily Annie Lee (now Henton), of 22, Clarence Grove Rd., Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, and the late John Lee.
There was a large military hospital near to the cemetery and this would have been where this man died after being evacuated from the battlefield.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is on the CWGC site. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-04-21