Private 43339 Wallace LEES

Private 43339 Wallace Lees{gallery}Pte W Lees{/gallery}8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 20thSeptember 1918, aged 23.

• Commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 7
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Lees of 438 Watling Street, Two Gates, Tamworth.
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote Holy Trinity
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Lees
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• Vis-en-Artois Memorial
• Royal Berkshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 18 Oct 1896 and baptised on 13 Nov 1886 at Wilnecote
  
• Lived at Two Gates Inn, Wilnecote [1901]
  
• Lived at 68 Tamworth Road, Two Gates, Wilnecote [1911]
  
• Employed as a colliery labourer [1911]
• Enlisted at Atherstone