Huthwaite War Memorial Project
LEE J.W. 2318
John Walter Lee
Private 2318 - Sherwood Foresters
Notts Derby Regiment 1st/8th Battalion
Killed in Action Flanders 4th August 1915 : Aged 19
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 39 and 41.
Born and raised in Hucknall Huthwaite a son of Walter and Hannah Hill Lee addressed at The School House, on Blackwell Road, Huthwaite.
Referencing Material with Transcriptions by Paul Bradshaw
Mansfield Advertiser – 20th. August, 1915.
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT HUTHWAITE
On Sunday evening in Huthwaite Parish Church, a memorial service was held in honour of Private J.W. Lee, 8th. Notts and Derbyshire, and G.H. Starkey, 2nd. Lincolns, both of whom have been killed in action. There was a large congregation, and the military element was represented by the Sutton Citizen Army (under Mr. C.O. Wright) Sutton Cadet Corps (Lieutenant Wilson and Sergeant-Major Robinson) and Huthwaite Scouts, Boys’ Brigade, and Cadets (Sergt.-Major Hall). The Rev. Beswick conducted the service.
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT HUTHWAITE
On Sunday evening in Huthwaite Parish Church, a memorial service was held in honour of Private J.W. Lee, 8th. Notts and Derbyshire, and G.H. Starkey, 2nd. Lincolns, both of whom have been killed in action. There was a large congregation, and the military element was represented by the Sutton Citizen Army (under Mr. C.O. Wright) Sutton Cadet Corps (Lieutenant Wilson and Sergeant-Major Robinson) and Huthwaite Scouts, Boys’ Brigade, and Cadets (Sergt.-Major Hall). The Rev. Beswick conducted the service.
HUTHWAITE TERRITORIAL’S DEATH
Private W. Lee, of the 8th. Batt. Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action “somewhere in France” on August 5th. Private Lee was only 19 years of age, and prior to the war resided with his parents at the Old Schoolhouse, Blackwell Road, Huthwaite.
Private W. Lee, of the 8th. Batt. Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action “somewhere in France” on August 5th. Private Lee was only 19 years of age, and prior to the war resided with his parents at the Old Schoolhouse, Blackwell Road, Huthwaite.
Additional Referencing and Links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Confirming fuller Identification.
Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 JOHN WALTER LEE Born Huthwaite, Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield (resides Huthwaite) 1/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 2318, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 4th Aug 1915 (HW).
Written 23 Jul 06 Revised 08 Feb 09 © by Gary Elliott
