Kensington Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Lawrie,
Managing Director of Whiteleys’, London, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau.
of John Elliott; _b._ West Hampstead, 30 April, 1893; educ. County
School, Richmond, and Haberdashers’ School, Cricklewood; entered the
employment of Messrs. Elkington, of Regent Street, in Feb. 1912;
enlisted in the Kensingtons a few days after the commencement of war,
10 Aug. 1914, and after training at Abbots Langley left to join the
British Expeditionary Force at the Front, 31 Oct. He was gazetted 2nd
Lieut, in his own regt., 3 April, 1915; was present at the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, near
Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His body was not recovered as the
spot where he fell remained in the possession of the Germans. Major H.
J. Stafford, writing on behalf of the Colonel, said: “He met his death
leading his men in the true British way, and under circumstances as
exacting as any that troops could be called upon to face. I knew your
son very well, as prior to his gaining his commission he was attached
to me as my runner, and was constantly with me. I soon discovered his
fearless nature, and his devotion. As an officer he had already won the
esteem of all ranks, and showed great promise as a leader of men.” An
interesting account of how he captured a German flag appeared in the
“Daily Mirror” of June 9, 1915.
[Illustration: =Ernest Norman Lawrie.=]
=LAWRIE, JAMES BLACK=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268155, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWSON, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick Lawson, of Dalton,
co. Northumberland, late of Nelthorpe, Gosforth, Merchant, by his
wife, Eleoner Francis, dau. of the late John Walker; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 July, 1887; educ. Durham Grammar School;
served his articles with Messrs. Newcomb and Newcomb, Architects, of
Newcastle, and was afterwards with Mr. Arthur Stockwell, of that City;
joined the Northumberland Yeomanry in 1907; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th
Northumberland Fusiliers, 15 May, 1909; promoted Lieut. 17 July, 1910,
and Capt. 1 Nov. 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak
of war; went to France, 13 April, 1915; and was killed in action at St.
Jean, near Ypres, 24 May following; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “Capt.
Lawson was one of my best officers, thoroughly capable and reliable.”
[Illustration: =Frederick Henry Lawson.=]
=LAWSON, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2433), 290533,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LAWTON, JOSEPH SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9403),
296679, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAWTON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9652), S.S.
106992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAYDON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9332, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Laydon, of 17, Dunns Terrace, Byker,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, (----), dau. of William Wild, of
Newcastle; _b._ Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22 Sept. 1882; educ. St.
Dominic’s Catholic School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1911, and was killed
in action at Soupir, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
=LAYTON, FRANK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10003), S.S.
107616, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LAZENBY, ARTHUR=, A.B., J. 4916, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEA, THOMAS LAMPIT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5043), 201762, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEACH, GERALD KEMBALL=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Border
Regt.; 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Francis Leach, of 34, Elm
Park Gardens, London, S.W., Charity Commissioner, by his wife, Emily
Archer, dau. of S. Kemball Cook; _b._ London, 10 Aug. 1883; educ.
Ashdown House, Forest Row, Sussex, from which he obtained a scholarship
at Bradfield College, where he was senior Prefect and Captain of
the Association Football Team, afterwards gaining an exhibition at
Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he rowed in the College boat; was
in the Association Football and Cricket teams, and became a Lieut. in
the University O.T.C. He was appointed an assistant in the Chinese
Maritime Customs in 1904, and was quartered successively at Chefoo,
Wuhu, Peking, Hankow, and Changsha. He resigned his appointment in
Jan. 1915, in order to return home and join the army and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. 6th Border Regt., 1 March, 1915; left for the Dardanelles
with the 11th (Northern) Division, 1 July following, and was killed in
action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 10 Aug., during the operations which
followed the landing on the 6th and 7th; _unm._
=LEADER, FRANCIS WILLIAM MOWBRAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught
Rangers, elder _s._ of Francis Henry Mowbray Leader, of Classas,
Coachford, co. Cork, late Lt. Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Agnes
Letitia, dau. of Thomas Broderick; _b._ Plymouth, 6 Nov. 1881;
educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, and in France and Germany; joined
the Manchester Militia as 2nd Lieut. 1901, and served with them in
the South African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in Cape
Colony, Oct. 1901, and in Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May,
1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), being specially recommended by
his Colonel for a regular commission; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st
Connaught Rangers, 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 30 Dec. 1905
and Capt. 1 Aug. 1914; served with the 1st Battn. for several years
in India, and after its return home was attached to the West African
Frontier Force, and saw service in Southern Nigeria, 1909–10 (medal
with clasp); was at home on leave when war broke out, went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action
while in command of a rearguard of 50 men covering the retirement of
his regt. at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following. A prisoner of war in Germany
wrote: “Got back to cross road with some stragglers and French wounded,
and found Capt. Leader and 50 men with Turner left as rearguard to the
battn. Joined them, and we started to gain the rest when suddenly we
received news of two battns. of Germans on our right and quite close.
Soon after we came under a hot fire from them, and poor Leader was
killed.”
[Illustration: =Francis W. M. Leader.=]
=LEAKES, BERTRAM ALFRED=, A.B. (B. 3610), S.S. 979, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEAMAN, JOSEPH HERBERT=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26743, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LEARY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3391), S.S. 101169,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=LEATHER, CHRISTOPHER=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st. Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th and yst. _s._ of the late Frederick
John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, co. Northumberland, J.P., by
his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill, co. York),
dau. of the Rev. Charles Walters, M.A. Oxon; _b._ The Friary,
Tickhill, 15 July, 1882; educ. Hazelwood, Limpsfield, and privately;
received a commission as Lieut. in the 3rd Battn. Durham L.I.
(Militia), 23 Dec. 1899; served in South African War, Jan. 1900 to May,
1902, being att. to the Mounted Infantry. For his services he was given
a regular commission in the 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, and
received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with
two clasps. He retired in 1904; but on the outbreak of the European
War rejoined his old regt., 20 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he
was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Neuve
Chapelle, 26 Oct. following. Buried behind the trenches, near Neuve
Chapelle; _unm._ He was an enthusiastic motorist and fisherman,
and is described as “a good officer and friend.” He was one of six
brothers, all of whom served both in South Africa and in the European
War. The third and fifth brothers were also killed in action (see their
notices), and the second and fourth, Capt. P. C. du Sautoy Leather and
Lieut.-Col. Kenneth J. Walters Leather, were severely wounded, and the
eldest, Major G. F. T. Leather, Northumberland Fusiliers, is now (1916)
on active service.
[Illustration: =Christopher Leather.=]
=LEATHER, EDWARD WILBERFORCE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire
Regt., attd. 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5th _s._ of the late
Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, co. Northumberland,
J.P., by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill,
co. York), dau. of the Rev. Charles Walters, M.A., Oxon; _b._ The
Friary, Tickhill, 23 Nov. 1879; educ. Hazelwood Preparatory School and
Wellington College; joined the 3rd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (5th West
Yorks Militia) in 1899, and was promoted Lieut. 13 Dec. 1900; served in
the South African War, 1899–1900, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps
and King’s medal with two clasps), and retired in 1904. On the outbreak
of the European War in Aug. 1914, he at once rejoined his regt.; was
promoted Capt. 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Front, 11 Nov. 1914, attd. to
the 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action at Hill 60,
18 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward W. Leather.=]
=LEATHER, ERNEST ARTHUR=, Major, Northumberland Fusiliers, 3rd
_s._ of the late Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall,
Belford, co. Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth
Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill, co. York), dau. of the Rev. Charles
Walters, M.A. Oxon; _b._ at South Penge, co. Surrey, 18 Oct. 1868;
educ. privately; joined the 5th Militia Battn. of the Northumberland
Fusiliers as 2nd Lieut., 23 May, 1900; and served at Malta during the
South African War, 1900 (medal), retired with the rank of Capt. in
1910, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 joined his
old regt., and obtained his Majority 20 Oct. following; went to France,
11 Jan. 1916, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 10 Feb. 1916.
Buried at La Croix Marechal. He _m._ at Hexham Abbey, 25 Oct.
1904, Mildred Louise, dau. of Charles Augustus Harrison, of Beacon
Grange, Hexham, and had two children: Vivien Mildred, _b._ 22
March, 1907; and Anne du Sautoy, _b._ 13 Sept. 1913.
[Illustration: =Ernest Arthur Leather.=]
=LEATHWOOD, JOHN PEARSON=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 219283, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LE BRUN, CHRIS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21950, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LECKIE, MALCOLM, D.S.O.=, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps,
attd. 1st Northumberland Fusiliers, yr. surviving _s._ of James
Blyth Leckie, of Monkstown, Crowborough, co. Sussex, and Peebles,
formerly of Blackheath, co. Kent, by his wife, Selina, dau. of Robert
Bousfield; _b._ Eltham, co. Kent, 18 April, 1880; educ. Blackheath
Preparatory School, privately abroad, and Guy’s Hospital; gazetted
Lieut., R.A.M.C., 4 Feb. 1908, and promoted Capt. 4 Aug. 1911; was
attd. to the Egyptian Army from 1 Feb. 1910 to Feb. 1914, and served
in Upper Egypt, the Soudan, and in an expedition up the Blue Nile;
went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, being attd.
to the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers (9th Brigade, 3rd Division), and
died at Frameries, near Mons, on the 28th of that month, of wounds
received there on the 24th. Buried in the cemetery at Frameries;
_unm._ He was awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 8 Dec. 1914]
“for gallant conduct and exceptional devotion to duty in attending to
the wounded at Frameries, where he was himself wounded.” Capt. Leckie
was one of the best hockey players of his day. He was a member of the
Blackheath Hockey Club, and Captain of Guy’s Hospital Club when there;
played for the Kent Hockey Club, for the Army, and for England against
France. He was a descendant of the Leckies of the Barony of Leckie in
Stirlingshire, 1352. One of his ancestors, Sir Walter Leckie, of King
Charles VII of France’s Bodyguard, commanded the Scottish troops at
the Battle of Lagny on 10 Aug. 1432--the last exploit of the Maid of
Orleans--when these troops were instrumental in the utter defeat of
the English under the Duke of Bedford. Sir John French, in his first
Despatch, said that for the advance from the Marne his left wing rested
on Lagny.
[Illustration: =Malcolm Leckie.=]
=LEDGER, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4248), 220386, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEDGER, RAYMOND KIRWOOD=, Lieut., 6th (Reserve) Battn. Rifle
Brigade, attd. 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of the Rev.
Charles George Ledger, M.A., Vicar of St. Paul’s, Tupsley, co.
Hereford, by his wife, Isabel Mary, dau. of the Rev. George Henry
Kirwood; _b._ Hereford, 26 Oct. 1891; educ. Marlborough (Scholar),
and Wadham College, Oxford (graduated B.A. with honours in Modern
History, and was Captain of his college tennis, hockey and Association
football teams); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Rifle Brigade, 15 Aug. 1914,
and promoted Lieut., 19 Dec. 1914; went to France 13 Nov. 1914; was
attached to 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and was killed in action near
Neuve Chapelle, 13 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper while in the
trenches. He was buried the same night near Picantin, side by side
with Lieut. Gladstone; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He
had done more reconnaissance work than any other officer in the battn.
He volunteered for everything possible, and carried out successfully
whatever he set himself to do. What he did at the Battle of Neuve
Chapelle was characteristic; he volunteered to go and find where the
21st Brigade was when it had got out of touch with his own Brigade (the
22nd). The way he took was sprinkled with the dead bodies of those who
had tried, before him, to get across; he managed to do it and returned
with valuable information. He was away seven hours.” He was mentioned
in Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =Raymond K. Ledger.=]
=LEDIARD, FRANCIS=, Private, No. 7948, B Coy., 2nd Battn. The
Royal Scots, _s._ of the late Henry Lediard, of Birmingham, Cab
Proprietor, formerly a Police Constable in the Birmingham Force, by
his wife, Sarah; _b._ Birmingham, 25 Nov. 1867; educ. St. Thomas
Church Schools there; was a Cab Driver in Birmingham, but enlisted in
the Royal Scots in 1902; served eight years with the Colours and four
years with the Reserve, during which time he held a good position in a
motor garage in Birmingham; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914;
rejoined his old regt.; went to France about 18 Aug., and was killed in
action on the 26th, during the retreat from Mons; _unm._
[Illustration: =Francis Lediard.=]
=LEE, ALBERT ALFRED=, Private, No. 2132, A Coy., 1/8th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred Lee, of 16, Waltham
Road, Southall, Basketmaker, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Ruben Kempster;
_b._ Southall, 29 Dec. 1896; educ. Featherstone Road Boys’ School
there; was employed in the Boxmaking Department of Messrs. Otto
Monsted, Ltd., Margarine Works, Southall; joined the 1/8th Middlesex
Territorials in April, 1913; mobilised from the training camp on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; volunteered for foreign service; went to
Gibraltar with his regt. in Sept.; returned to England in Feb. 1915;
went to France, 8 March, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 1 May,
1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres; _unm._ Buried there.
Capt. A. H. Woodbridge, Officer Commanding A Coy., wrote: “It is with
infinite regret that I write to tell you of your son’s death, which
occurred in the fighting near Ypres on 1 May. In your great grief it
may be some comfort to you to know that he suffered no pain and met his
end nobly doing his duty.”
[Illustration: =Albert Alfred Lee.=]
=LEE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 5086, 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Samuel Herbert Lee, of Alnwick Street,
Burnley, by his wife, Margaret Ann, dau. of William Whittaker;
_b._ Burnley, 20 Feb. 1893; educ. St. Peter’s School there; joined
2nd East Lancashires, 16 May, 1912, previously to which he was employed
at Towneley Collieries; went to France, 1 Dec. 1914, and was killed in
action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Charles Lee.=]
=LEE, CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 3954), 155422,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
[Illustration: =Charles Lee.=]
=LEE, GEORGE FRANCIS=, Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5473), 301936,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEE, LENNOX CLELAND LEE=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Irish Guards
(Special Reserve), elder _s._ of Lennox Bertram Lee, of How Caple
Court, near Ross, co. Hereford, by his wife, Edith, dau. of the late
Malcolm MacLellan, of Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow; _b._ Knutsford,
co. Chester, 27 March, 1893; educ. St. David’s, Reigate; Eton, and the
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; and when war broke out was awaiting
examination for the Diplomatic Service; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Irish
Guards (Special Reserve), 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, Nov. 1914, and
was killed in action at Cuinchy, 1 Feb. 1915. Buried there; _unm._
=LEE, LEWIS (DICK)=, L.-Corpl., No. 9915, 6th Battn. Lincolnshire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of George Lee, of 26, Trafford Street, Scunthorpe,
Steel Worker, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Richard Walker; _b._
Crowle, co. Lincoln, 23 Sept. 1890; educ. Scunthorpe; was employed in
steel works; enlisted after the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; trained at
Frensham Camp, Farnham; went to the Dardanelles in June, and was killed
in action at Suvla Bay, 29 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Two of his brothers
are (1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Lewis Lee.=]
=LEE, REGINALD=, _alias_ =THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No.
1574, 5th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Thomas Lee,
of Elsted, Sussex, Police Constable, by his wife, Ellen; _b._
Brighton, 29 Jan. 1895; educ. Amberly, Bognor, and Funtington, co.
Sussex; enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery, 9 Nov. 1910, and
served three years, taking his discharge while at Simon’s Town, Cape
Colony, 9 May, 1913; he then went to Adelaide, and was getting on
well when war was declared. He immediately joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force, and after a short period of training at Melbourne,
was sent to Egypt and from there to the Dardanelles, where he was
wounded by a shell while fetching up ammunition and died on board the
Hospital Ship Royal George, between Alexandria and Malta, 16 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Reginald= _alias_ =Thomas Lee.=]
=LEE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9000), S.S.
105811, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEECH, WILLIAM LEONARD BOGHURST=, Rifleman, 1/9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late Arthur Herbert Leech, M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A. (who was in practice at
Woolpit and afterwards at Broseley, where he died in 1894), by his
wife, Annie Madeline (28, Egerton Gardens, West Ealing, W.), dau.
of William Philip Boghurst; _b._ The White House, Woolpit, co.
Suffolk, 22 Nov. 1887; educ. Epsom College; passed his A.R.I.B.A.
in June, 1913, and was assistant in the firm of Messrs. Wratten and
Godfrey, London; volunteered on the outbreak of war, but was five times
refused at the recruiting station on account of wearing glasses, and
acted as Special Constable from Aug. to Nov. 1914, when he was at last
accepted by Queen Victoria’s Rifles, and joined the 1st Battn.; trained
at Crowborough Camp, where he twice refused Corporal’s stripes, as he
thought it would keep him in England longer; went to France with a
draft, 27 March, 1915; was severely wounded in the head on 8 April,
1915, and died at Overcliff Red Cross Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, on 14
May following; _unm._
[Illustration: =William L. B. Leech.=]
=LEEK, WILLIAM=, A.B., 218963, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEES, EDMUND HASTINGS HARCOURT=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Border
Regt., _s._ of Thomas Orde Hastings Lees, of Guilsborough, co.
Northampton, Barrister-at-Law, formerly Chief Constable of that county;
_b._ Northampton, 21 Dec. 1875; educ. Marlborough, Royal Academy,
Gosport, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Border Regt., 5 Sept.
1896, promoted Lieut. 10 Feb. 1900, and Capt. 24 June, 1906; was
Adjutant to a Territorial Battn. (The Artists’ Rifles), 19 Oct. 1909
to 20 Oct. 1912; served in the South African War, 1899–1901; took part
in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899; in Natal,
1899; relief of Ladysmith, including actions at Colenso; operations of
17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb.
1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14 to 27
Feb. 1900), and action at Pieter’s Hill; operations in the Orange Free
State, April and May, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, June, 1900;
in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July, 1900; in the Transvaal, west
of Pretoria, July to Nov. 1900, in Orange River Colony, May, 1900; in
Cape Colony, north of Orange River, May, 1900; in the Transvaal from
30 Nov. 1900 (was wounded and mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette,
10 Sept. 1901], received Queen’s medal with six clasps); and with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1914 to 26 Oct.
1914, was killed in action at Ruiseek, near Ypres (whilst defending
Calais) on the latter date. An officer referring to this action wrote:
“Our men fought desperately from nine o’clock till six, when the
Germans withdrew, and our little remnant was ordered to retire. We have
only about 400 men left out of over 1,000 and hardly any N.C.O’s.”
[Illustration: =Edmund Hastings H. Lees.=]
=LEES, PERCY BERESFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., _s._ of Col. Charles Percy Lees, of Herne Lodge, Oundle,
co. Northampton, by his wife, Anna Madeleine, dau. of Edward Whetham
Allpress; _b._ Newton Hall, Middlewich, co. Chester, 12 June,
1890; educ. Wellington College and the School of Mines, Camborne, where
he took his degree; was engaged in mining in Canada when war broke out,
and at once returned to England, applied for a commission, and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Northamptons, 14 Oct. 1914; went to France, 1
March, 1915, where he joined the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action
at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. Buried at Neuve
Chapelle; _unm._