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Identity
Person No.
13213
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Lee 25
First Name
Kenneth Willoughby
Initials
K W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Secondary Unit
"A" Bty.
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Awards
Military Cross
United Kingdom
MC LG Sup 18 February 1915 pg. 1690, MID LG Sup 17 February 1915 pg. 1654 | Son of Mr. Cecil Radford Lee, barrister, of the Middle Temple, a
United Kingdom
Notes

Son of Mr. Cecil Radford Lee, barrister, of the Middle Temple, and Mrs. Cecil Lee. Husband of Mrs. Alfreda Maria Salzmann (remarried), of Hotel Cecil, Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa. He was born in 1886 and educated at Wellington College, where he gained a scholarship, and at Woolwich. He obtained a commission in 1906, and later went with the 95th Battery to South Africa, where he was employed in survey work in the Transvaal for more than a year. On rejoining his battery he went to India. He exchanged into the 35th Brigade and came to England in 1913. In October, 1914, he went to Belgium, took part in the first battle of Ypres, and was Mentioned in Despatches. He was promoted Captain and awarded the Military Cross. He took part in the battles of Loos and Neuve Chapelle, and in May, 1915, was wounded at Festubert and sent home on sick leave. He returned to the front in command of a battery. He was wounded on September 15, and died on September 27. He married in October, 1912, Alfreda, step-daughter of Christian Botha, M.L.A., of Bloemfontein, and leaves a daughter.

Citations

MC LG Sup 18 February 1915 pg. 1690, MID LG Sup 17 February 1915 pg. 1654

LG Sup 18 February 1915 pg. 1690 p.1690
LG Sup 18 February 1915 pg. 1690 p.1690
LG Sup 17 February 1915 pg. 1654 p.1654
LG Sup 17 February 1915 pg. 1654 p.1654
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