Daniel Walter Lee 1881-1916

Memorial Book in St Paul's Church, Monk Bretton (thanks to Barnsley FHS)

Born:
8 September 1881 in Birmingham, Warwickshire

Son of:
Daniel Lee b.1859 in Birmingham. d.?
1911: Puddler's Labourer in Swindon, Wiltshire
married in Birmingham on 1 November 1880 to
Sarah Ann Lee (maiden name Ashfield) b. 1859 in Dudley d.?

Position in family: 
The eldest child (some younger half siblings)

Home address, age and occupation:
1891: **
1901: **
1911: 17 Todds Lane, Northampton.  A Flesher and dehairer aged 29.

Marriage: Daniel Lee married Amelia Rook (b.1882 in Broom, Bedfordshire) in 1907 in Biggleswade.  She remarried to John Walsh in 1919 in Barnsley and died in Barnsley in 1967.

Children: 
1. John Frederick Lee b.1907
2. Walter Lee b.1910
3. Margaret A Lee b.1913 Barnsley

Military Service:
Enlisted: *date* at the age of ** years
Regiment and Battalion:  West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) 2nd Battalion
Service number and rank:  11929 Private
Awards: 1915 Star, British War and Victory medals

Death:     1 July 1916 aged 35 years
CWGC Remembered: Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 2A, 2C and 2D

Remembered:
Monk Bretton, War Memorial, Cross Street, Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton, St Paul's Church, WW1 Memorial Tablet 
Monk Bretton, St Paul's Church, WW1 Memorial Book
 
Notes:
Information supplied by PG.  Daniel was his wife's great grandfather.