3/10006 Sgt John Lee, 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Arrived overseas: 26 August 1914. Connection: PoW postcards. 3/10006 Sergeant John Thomas Lee of the 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), could never have imagined, in all probability, that he would end up in a German prisoner of war camp. Born on the 29th October 1876 he had already served for 12 years with the West Riding Regiment, joining the regiment on the 20th November 1895 and seeing service with it in Malta and India. Completing his 12 years' service in 1907, he then re-engaged for a further four years as a Section D reservist. This took him up to the 24th June 1912 at which point he decided that he would join the Special Reserve. Nine days later he duly did so, signing up for six years' home service, albeit with the obligation to serve with the regular battalions if called upon to do so. That call up in 1914 must have been almost immediate because by the 26th August, John Lee was in France as part of a draft for the 2nd Battalion, serving with it until ...