Son of P.C. John Lee and of Elizabeth Lee, of 148, Mornington Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 26, Windsor Grove, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Died as a result of gas poisoning from a gas shell on 21/07/1917.
Lee, Herbert –
Personal details
- Surname: Lee
- Forename: Herbert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 21
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: July 25th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: "A" Battery, 72nd Army Brigade.
- Service number: 711002
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Co-Operative Society War Memorial (Town Hall) - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Oxford Grove Council School WWI 1914-1919 Roll of Honour
- CWGC Memorial: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: I. L. 15.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 21/05/1915 17/08/1917 07/12/1917 26/08/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g 4g/6d* S14* 6g
- Bolton Chronicle: 17/08/1917