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Thomas Lee
British Army West Yorkshire Regt
This is a postcard I have from my mother of my paternal grandfather, Thomas Lee.
Thomas Lee was my maternal grandfather who I believe was gassed and as a consequence died soon after the war. My mother's birth certificate (January 1915) shows his regiment as the West Yorks and his number as 112 47. Apparently my paternal grandmother died soon after giving birth to my mother (Jane Louvain Lee) 11th Dec 1914 - named for Louvain (Leuven) in Belgium, I assume owing to the German atrocity there in August 1914. Coincidently, my former mother-in-law, born in 1914, also had that middle name. Thomas Lee, a miner, died soon after, I believe due to the effects of gas poisoning. The address on the card is that of my mother's grandparents, with whom she lived. The date on the postcard looks like June 17th 1917.At the moment I'm still trying to track down the date of Thomas' marriage to Jane Ann Murray so I can get the marriage certificate with the info on that of ages which could lead me to birth dates, etc. Jane Ann Lee (nee Murray) died about March 1915, but I don't yet know the dates of Thomas Lee's death, but my mother told me in the past it was soon after he returned to the mines after the war.
