Private 18689 Frank LEES

Private 18689 Frank Lees{gallery}Pte F Lees{/gallery}8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders (Battle of the Somme), 20th July 1916, aged 32

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Panel ref: Pier and Face 13A and 13B
• Awarded: British War, and Victory Medals
• Husband of Jessie Lees
• NNWFHS Memorials: Glascote, Polesworth Pooley Hall Colliery and Wilnecote
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Lees
• NNWFHS Glascote War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Pooley Hall Colliery Memorial
• NNWFHS Wilnecote Memorial
• North Staffordshire Regiment
• Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1884, Twogates, Warks
• Employed as a coal miner and hewer at Pooley Hall Colliery
• Lived at 3 Anchor Row, Anchor Yard, Glascote [1911]