Private James Lea

Courtesy Jeff Keenan

Regiment: Home Guard - 81st County of Lancaster (Prescot) Bn.
Theatre of War: Mizzy Dam, Knowsley

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 16th of May 1943 (Sunday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery

BMD details:
Possible marriage of James Lea to Blanche Lea registered Q3 1942 at St Helens, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1576.

Family details:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lea, of Rainhill.

Census details:
1939 Register. 16 years old James Lea born 12/10/1922 a Colliery Haulage Hand (Below) Heavy Worker, father Joseph Lea born 25/08/1904 a Colliery Hewer Heavy Worker, mother Ellen Lea born 22/04/1904 an Unpaid Domestic and brother Clifford Lea born 15/10/1923 a Colliery Timber Man (Heavy Worker) are living at 16 Lowther Crescent, St Helens. Also at the address are grandparents James Lea born 29/09/1884 a Grave Digger Heavy Worker, and Jane Ann Lea born 19/06/1883 an Unpaid Domestic. James is shown as single and there are two members of the household redacted.

Notes:
[ww2cas=125]Joseph Evans[/ww2cas] Age taken from headstone.

[pic]imgs/WW2_misc/EvansanLeaHomeguard.jpg[/pic][caption]Derby Daily Telegraph 19 May 1943 Courtesy John Yates[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW2_misc/WW2_HomeGuard_EVANS_LEA.jpg[/pic][caption]From The Local Press - Courtesy Jeff Keenan[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/HGuard_LeaJ2.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private James Lea at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]