211075 Cpl. Frank Edward Lee Royal Field Artillery Frank Edward Lee was born in Borrodaile Road, Wandsworth, London on 3rd November 1890. His dad died 6 weeks after his birth and he lived with his mother Susan and brother Christopher until joining the army in Aldershot in 1908. As a member of the Royal Field Artillery he was part of the British Expeditionary Force that entered France in 1914. I can find no records of his war service though I suppose to survive 4 years at the front was miraculous in itself. He remained in the Army after the Armistice and was posted to Athlone Barracks in Co Westmeath, Ireland. On demobilisation in 1921 he continued to live in Athlone, Ireland until 1941 when family circumstances saw him move to Limerick City. He never spoke of his time on the front and died in Limerick in 1970. He is buried in Cornamagh Cemetery in Athlone with his wife Emma Maud whom he married on November 25th 1915 while on a break from the front.
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