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Lieutenant WILLIAM LEE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 61.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Lee, of Low Brunton, Wall-on-Tyne, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HE SAVED OTHERS HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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