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Surname: LEE
Forename(s): Arthur
Place of Birth: Brierfield, Lancashire
Service No: 250865
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1917-02-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VI. G. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Arthur Lee was the son of James and Margaret Lee, née Warden. James was born at Trawden and Margaret at Darwen, Lancashire.
1901 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 20, Livingstone Street - Arthur Lee, aged 3 years, born Brierfield. [James and his parents were living with his grandmother mother, Maria Warden.]
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: 10, Wenning Avenue, High Bentham - Arthur Lee, aged 13 years, born Brierfield, Lancashire, son of James and Margret Lee.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Lee, 6/5921, 250865, Durh. L.I.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arthur Lee, 6/5921, 1/6th Durh. L.I.; 6/5921, 15th Durh. L.I.; 250865, 1/6th Durh. L.I. Deceased.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arthur Lee, 5921, 6th Bn Durham L.I. Date and Place of Death: 23.2.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Margaret. £1 14s. 1d. Request of Father. Father - James. £3 0s.0d.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
LEE, Arthur, aged 19, D.L.I., 18, Langroyd Road, [Earby], killed in action, France, Feb. 23, 1917.
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Private Arthur LEE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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30 March 1917
LEE – Killed in action in France, February 23rd, 1917, Pte. Arthur Lee, Durham Light Infantry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lee, 18 Longroyd Road, Earby, aged 19 years.
30 March 1917
EARBY SOLDIER KILLED – PRIVATE ARTHUR LEE
Pte. Arthur Lee, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action in France on the 23rd February, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas Lee, 18, Longroyd Road, Earby. He was 19 years of age and enlisted in June last, having been in France about seven months. Before joining up he was a weaver at Messrs. C. W. Bailey’s Ltd., Spring Mill. His father is also on foreign service with the Army Veterinary Corps. in Salonika.
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30 March 1917
LEE – Feb. 23rd, killed in France, Private Arthur Lee, of the Durham Light Infantry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lee, of Longroyd Road, Earby, aged 19.
30 March 1917
EARBY SOLDIER KILLED
Pte. Arthur Lee, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action in France on the 23rd February, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lee, 18, Longroyd Road, Earby. He was 19 years of age and enlisted in June last, having been in France about seven months. Before joining up he was a weaver at Messrs. C.W. Bailey’s Ltd., Spring Mill. His father is also on foreign service with the Army Veterinary Corps in Salonika.
Mrs. Lee has received a letter from his officer as follows:– “As Capt.-Commanding your son’s company, I feel it my duty to write and sympathise with you on the death of your son, 5921, Pte. A. Lee. His death was at very merciful one, as it was quite instantaneous. A piece of shell caught him in the head. He was very well liked in the company owing to his cheerful nature, and I am certain he is very much missed by both my officers and men. Your son was buried the following day near where he fell, and a beautiful cross has since been made and erected at [by] the men his company. Once again I send you the deepest sympathy of my officers and men in your grievous loss.”
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