Name
Philip Charles Lee
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/08/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
36384
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
6th Bn
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
II. F. 10.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial,
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware,
Christchurch Memorial, Ware,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1893 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of William A. and Jane Lee of 69 Crib Street, Ware. He was a coal carman.
Wartime Service
Formerly 5696 in the Hertfordshire Regiment
Additional Information
Brother of Private Harry Lee who was killed in action on 27 Apr 1918 and is also commemorated on these memorials and of William, Walter and Frederick Lee who also fought but survived WW1.
Philip and his brother Harry are also commemorated on their parent’s grave in Ware Old Cemetery. Their inscription reads:
ALSO PHILIP AND HARRY, SONS OF THE ABOVE [William Albert & Jane Lee]
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE DURING THE GREAT WAR, 1914 1918
REUNITED
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
