Sapper 428124 John Horace Lea

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 420th West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: Salonika
Theatre of War First Served: (3) Egypt
Date Entered Therein: 12/07/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 7554, R.E.

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 15th of May 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Sarigol Military Cemetery Kriston - C. 448.

Family details:
Son of Frederick James and Margaret Alice Lea, of 11, Goodban St., Sutton, St. Helen's, Lancs. Next-of-kin and address from service record: Mr Frederick Lea (father), 186 Fleet, Lane, Parr, St Helens.

Census details:
1901 - 4 years old John H is living at 132 Berrys Lane, Parr, St Helens with parents Frederick James (33), Margaret Alice (33) and two siblings: Lilian (7), Edith Dorothy (1). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'Colliery Blacksmiths Striker' John H living at 66 Berrys Lane, Parr, St Helens with parents Frederick James (43), Margaret Alice (43) and three siblings: Lilian (17), Edith Dorothy (11), Alice Hilda (6).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] Accidentally Killed By Pipe Explosion.

[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/428124JohnHoraceLea.jpg[/pic][caption]The gravestone of Sapper John Horace Lea at Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston (Photograph Courtesy of Barry Davis off GWF )[/caption]

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