Samuel Edward Lee
Service Number
11872
Military Unit
7th Bn Leicestershire Regiment
Date of birth
Date of Death
24 Oct 1915 (24 years old)
Place of Birth
Selston Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a miner (dayman).
- Family History
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Family History
Samuel Edward Lee was born in 1892 the son of Samuel James a newsagent and Jane Elizabeth Lee née Hall and the brother of Percy Nathan, Arthur Henry, Ada Mary, George Leonard, Matthew William, John James and Charles Lee. They lived at 'Bridge House' Selston Nottinghamshire.
Samuel James was born in 1860 at Selston, Jane Elizabeth Hall was born in 1860 at Great Gidding , Huntingdonshire, married in 1885 at Nottingham they went on to have 13 children, sadly two died in infancy or early childhood,
Military History
Private Samuel Edward Lee enlisted at Mansfield whilst residing at Selston, he served with 'B' Coy 7th battalion Leicestershire Regiment. He died on 24th October 1915 and is buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
Samuel Edward Lee
Photograph found in a cupboard of a Chapel in Selston Nottinghamshire by Jay Ann Knox
Samuel Edward Lee
Commonwealth war grave commission headstone marking hid grave at Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle