Personal Details Born: 22 February 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 18 March the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the second of seven children born to Richard Lee, a coach painter, and his … 
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Personal Details Born: 10 October 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 19 November 1899 at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the third of five children born to Leonard Lee, a chemist, and his wife Annie Elizabeth. He …
The memorial is opposite the entrance to Iscoyd Park. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped that the people of Whitchurch, Shropshire and beyond will get …
St Alkmund’s Church is at the top of Bargate, Whitchurch, next to the site of the original Whitchurch Grammar School. At the west end of the Church is a triptych form war memorial with a central panel of …
The panel containing the memorial was removed from the original Grammar School in Bargate, Whitchurch and now hangs in Sir John Talbot School, Tilstock Road, Whitchurch, the current secondary school. This is an ongoing project, information will be added …
The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …
The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 23rd September 1916 concerning the death of Eric Hanson Lee. “Mr L Lee, High Street, Whitchurch on Tuesday night he received news that his second son John Arthur had been killed in action. On Thursday …
An excerpt from The History of the KSLI in the Great War 1914-1918 by Major W de B Wood, regarding the death of John Arthur Lee. “On 16th September 1916 after being relieved by the 6th Duke of Cornwall’s Light …
I first started visiting the Battlefields, Cemeteries and Memorials of the Western Front some fifteen years ago. Three years ago I decided to research the names on the War Memorial in Station Road, that’s all they are names, carved …
Philip Warburton Lee was born in Iscoyd, Flintshire, Wales on 22nd February 1892, the eldest son of Joseph Henry Warburton Lee and Emmeline Vernon Warburton Lee of Broad Oak, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Philip attended Rugby School, followed by the Royal Military …
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 …
Eric Hanson Lee was born in Whitchurch in 1896. He was the eldest son of Leonard and Anne Lee of 27, High Street, Whitchurch. Eric was studying at St John’s College, Cambridge when he enlisted in 1914 aged 18. He …
John Arthur Lee was born in Whitchurch in 1897. He was the second son of Leonard and Anne Lee of 27, High Street, Whitchurch. John was studying at Ardingly College, Sussex when he enlisted in 1915 aged 18. He gained …