Captain Edmund Hastings Harcourt Lees, Border Regiment

1875 - 1914  (38 years)  

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• Gender	Male
  Born	21 Dec 1875 Thornby, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Christened	25 Jan 1876 Thornby, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Education	1895 - 1895 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst   [2]  – Edmund attended Sandhurst for one year as a cadet.
  Residence	1881 Onwards Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England   [3]  – The Lees family have moved to Northamptonshire and are living with Grace's Father.
  Residence	1913 4 Osnaburgh Terrace, Regent's Park, Middlesex, London, England   [4]  – Last address of Edmund before leaving for war.
  Died	28 Oct 1914 Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [4, 5]
  Age	38 years
  Buried	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [5]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Captain Edmund Hastings Harcourt Lees, Border Regiment,   b. 21 Dec 1875, Thornby, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 28 Oct 1914, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium  (Age 38 years) + 2. Mabel Louise Lees,   b. 16 Sep 1874, 19 Mount Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin ,   d. 9 Jan 1958, The War Memorial Cottage Hospital Aylesham Norfolk  (Age 83 years) + 3. Thomas Orde Hans Lees, O.B.E. A.F.C.,   b. 3 May 1877, Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 1 Dec 1958, Karori, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 81 years)
  Person ID	I212 Family Tree | Lees Branch
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Orde Hastings Lees,   b. 22 Feb 1846
  Mother	Grace Bateman,   d. 24 Aug 1935
  Married	24 Aug 1871
  Family ID	F62 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Headstones

  Edmund H. H. Lees - Memorial Edmund's name in the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

  
  

  Wills and Probate

  Edmund Hastings Harcourt Lees - Probate LEES Edmund Hastings Harcourt of 4 Osnaburgh Terrace Regents Park Middlesex captain in His Majesty's Army died 26 October 1914 near Ypres in Belgium Probate London 6 November to Grace Lees (wife of Thomas Hasting Lees) and Arthur John Coleridge Mackarness solicitor. Effects £7364 1s. 4d. Resworn £8174 1s. 4d.

  
  

  Baptism Records

  Edmund Hastings Harcourt Lees - Baptism Register January 25 1876 | Childs Christian Name: Edmund Hastings Harcourt Lees | Parents Name: Thomas Orde Hastings and Grace Lees | Abode: Northampton | Quality, Trade or Profession: Chief Constable |

• Event Map		Born - 21 Dec 1875 - Thornby, Northamptonshire, England  Christened - 25 Jan 1876 - Thornby, Northamptonshire, England  Education - Edmund attended Sandhurst for one year as a cadet. - 1895 - 1895 - Royal Military Academy Sandhurst  Residence - The Lees family have moved to Northamptonshire and are living with Grace's Father. - 1881 Onwards - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England  Residence - Last address of Edmund before leaving for war. - 1913 - 4 Osnaburgh Terrace, Regent's Park, Middlesex, London, England  Died - 28 Oct 1914 - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium  Buried - - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912, Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 318P/3, 13 Feb 2017. [S82] Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Archives, http://archive.sandhurstcollection.co.uk/view/4998/102513/, 14 Feb 1917. [S76] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 1562; Folio: 12; Page: 17; GSU roll: 1341376, 13 Feb 2017. [S18] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1915; Registry: London, England; Death Date: 26 Oct 1914; Probate Date: 5 Nov 1915, 13 Feb 2017. [S38] Find A Grave, (www.findagrave.com), Find A Grave Memorial# 12035915, 13 Feb 2017.