Albert Ernest Lee

A Private with the 4th Battalion, Albert died on 2nd of April 1919 at the age of 21.

Albert was born at Lowestoft in 1898, a son of Albert and Sarah Elizabeth Lee. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 13 July 1898. By 1901 his father had died and Albert and his mother lived at Loes (sic) Cottage, next to Number 3 Engine Shed, Denmark Road. By 1911 Albert’s mother had married Albert Weavers and the family lived at 44 Kent Road. Subsequently Albert’s family lived at 28 Rotterdam Road.

Albert volunteered and enlisted in the Army. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 3557, and was posted to France to join the 1/4th Battalion. In 1917 he was renumbered 201061. In 1919 Albert was attached to the Army Service Corps. 

Albert contracted influenza and he died at 51 Casualty Clearing Station.