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Military service
Service number:
442902
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
September 27, 1882
Death:
July 27, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of John and Catherine Lee, of Manchester; husband of Mary Jane Lee, of Hulme, Manchester, England.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Joseph Lee
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Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Railway Dugouts Cemetry: Graves of fallen servicemen from many nations. Just a partial view. -
Menin Gate Memorial
View of Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. Location of Last Post ceremony every evening at 20:00. View towards location of many Canadian names. -
Home
View of Edward outside house in Rossland, BC, before departure to Europe for the 'Great War'. Taken with wife Mary and daughter Edna. -
Grave marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Joseph Lee
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Joseph Lee
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Joseph Lee
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Joseph Lee
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Joseph Lee
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Joseph Lee
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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