Chester Chronicle 30th September 1916

Report in the Chester Chronicle 30th September 1916 regarding the deaths of Eric Hanson Lee and his brother John Arthur Lee

"Mr. Leonard Lee, who lost his wife only recently, has now sustained a fearfully heavy blow. Both sons have been killed in action. On Tuesday he received news that his second son, Second Lieutenant Arthur Lee of the K.S.L.I, had been killed on an advance, and on Thursday that his eldest son, Second Lieutenant Eric Lee, had died from wounds. They were only 19 and 20 respectively. The sad bereavement has called forth the sympathy of every one in the district."

Chester Chronicle 30th September 1916


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