John Brazier Lea
He was a woodworker making telephone cabinets in 1911.
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John Brazier Lea known as Jack was born in 1894 at Staffordshire he was the son of Emily Cholerton and the half brother of Cyril, Thomas, William and Nellie Cholerton.
His mother married Tom Cholerton, a Beeston machine fitter and Jack went to live with his grandparents, John & Ann Lea in Burntwood, Staffordshire where he can be found, age 7, on the 1901 Census. In that census, his mother and her husband Tom were living at 61 Derby Street, Beeston with their two sons, Thomas Cyril (age 2) and William (age 9 months). A daughter, Nellie, was born in 1904, tragically followed, just a few weeks later, by the death of Tom, aged only 39. It seems likely that it was at this time that Jack rejoined his mother in Beeston.
In 1911 they lived at 21 Derby Street Beeston Nottingham , Emily Chorleton 38 yrs a widow and house keeper is living with her children, John Brazier Lea 17 yrs is a woodworker telephone cabinet maker, Cyril Thomas Chorlerton 12 yrs a scholar, William Chorlerton 11 yrs and Nellie Chorlerton 6 yrs of afe.
Company Sergeant Major John Brazier Lea enlisted at Nottingham whilst residing at Beeston, he served with the 15th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he was killed in action on 28th March 1918 and is buried at London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Grave Reference: 10 J 15
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From Beeston Remembers by David Hallam. Courtesy of Brian Szowkomud
John Brazier Lea
From Beeston Remembers by David Hallam. Courtesy of Brian Szowkomud