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Surname: LEE
Forename(s): Arthur Basil
Place of Birth: New Brighton, Cheshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1916-07-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Arthur Basil Lee was the son of Charles Arthur and Sarah Lee, née Davies. Charles was born at Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire and Sarah at Liverpool, Lancashire.
1901 Liscard, Cheshire Census: 5 Caithness Drive - Arthur Basil Lee, aged 5 years, born New Brighton, Cheshire, son of Charles Arthur and Sarah Lee.
1911 Ilkley, Yorkshire Census: 1, Wells Walk - Arthur Basil Lee, aged 15 years, born New Brighton, Cheshire, son of Charles Arthur and Sarah Lee.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Arthur Basil Lee, 903, R.F.A.; 2/Lt 1/5 Bn W. Yorks Regt. Theatre of War (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 8.7.15. Correspondence: C.A. Lee Esq 1, Wells Walk, Ilkley, Yorks.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2 Lieut A.B. Lee, W. Yorkshire. K. in A. 2.7.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lieut A.B. Lee, 5 W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: K.I.A. 2.7.16. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Charles Arthur Lee. £66 12s. 2d.
Photograph: 'Yorkshire Rugby Football Union – In Memoriam 1914-19'.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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2nd Lieutenant Arthur Basil LEE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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14 July 1916
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Second Lieutenant Arthur Basil Lee, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, only son of Mr. C.A. Lee, manager of the Ilkley branch of the Bank of Liverpool, was killed in the fighting on July 2nd. Before the war, Lieutenant Lee was with Messrs. Sutherland, Parker and Co., stuff merchants, Bradford, and was a playing member of the Ilkley Rugby Football Club. He joined the West Riding Divisional Ammunition Column in the early days of the war, and after three months’ service secured a commission in the West Yorkshires.
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14 July 1916
TWO ILKLEY OFFICERS KILLED
Second Lieutenant Arthur Basil Lee, West Yorkshire Regiment, only son of Mr. C.A. Lee, manager of the Ilkley branch of the Bank of Liverpool, was killed in the fighting on July 2nd. Before the war, Lieutenant Lee was with Messrs. Sutherland, Parker and Co., stuff merchants, Bradford, and was a playing member of the Ilkley Rugby Football Club. He joined the West Riding Divisional Ammunition Column in the early days of the war, and after three months’ service secured a commission in the West Yorkshires. He had been at the Front from last July, and some time ago was wounded. Lieut. Lee was educated at the Ilkley Grammar School, and also under Mr. A.W. Godby, Ghyll Road, Ilkley. Captain Mackay, in a letter Mr. Lee received on Saturday morning, informing him of his son’s death, stated that Lieut. Lee was leading his men along a German trench they had just taken, when a German officer, from a dug-out, shot him with his revolver. His death was instantaneous and painless. Lieut. Lee was 20 years of age.
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