Basic Details
Surname
Lee
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
16491
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 14 St Mark's Street.

(CWGC records that Private John Lee, regimental number 16491, died aged 37 on 9/5/1915 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Panel 7 of Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of the late John and Ann E. Lee. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Beverley, Yorkshire who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Robert W Eakin and Miss Hannah Lee were granted Probate).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
May
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing, believed killed in action
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
14 St Mark's street
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial