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Name:

John Joseph LEE

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

J J

Service No.:

36776

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Sedgefield, Co. Durham

Age at Death:

Unit:

1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

101 Cross Row, Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Sunday 21st October 1917

Place of Death:

Third Battle of Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, 1917.

Battle/Campaign:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 17th November 1917.

Family Details:

Son of Francis and Dorothy Lee of 101 Cross Row, Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Like so many men of the community, John was a prominent member of the Addison Male Voice Choir.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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