Name
Herbert Lee
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/11/1918
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
242135
Gloucestershire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
II. I. 15.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Laurence Church Memorial, Wormley,
Not listed on the Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in Wormley, Herts, son of Alfred and Rosina Lee,. 1911 Census: living with family at Pleasant Place, Wormley and working as an errand boy at a nursery.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Wormley, Herts., and enlisted in Hoddesdon.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hoddesdon, Herts. Formerly Hertfordshire Regiment, no. 2414.
Served in France and Flanders. Killed in action.
Additional Information
Mother Rosina was given the back pay of £7 6s 3d, father Alfred part of the war gratuity of £10 1s, and the other part, £9 9s, was granted to Mary Thorogood.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
