Name
William James Lee
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/12/1915
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Ordinary Seaman
J/20696
Royal Navy
H.M.S. “Natal”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
10.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born on 30 Apr 1897 in Ware, Hertfordshire son of William and Edith Lee of 8 The Bourne, Ware.
Wartime Service
Enrolled in the Royal Navy as Boy on Ganges on 26 Oct 1912 and subsequently served on the Crescent and Pembroke. He died when Natal was sunk by an internal explosion near Cromarty with the loss of at least 390 hands,
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
