LEES WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Bill Elleray 2006

The Lees War Memorial on Thomas Street, Lees, at the entrance to Lees Cemetery. It takes the form of a serviceman standing at ease on top of a two-tiered plinth with a three-stepped base. The memorial originally stood in Lees Twon Centre was moved about 1980 due to danger from the traffic.

From old postcards

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF LEES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
ALSO THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

Transcription of this memorial and the names still required

Last updated 11 August, 2008