Lees, Patrick William Quintin, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Archibald Lees, R.A.M.C. of Ealing; b. Oct. 10, 1906; adm. Jan 16. 1919 (R); left April 1922; lived in Tanganyika; d. 17 Dec. 1994.

Leeman, Patrick Ian, son of Percival Garmany Leeman MC MB, of Derby, and Clare Grace Ellen, d. of Robert MacGregor of Durban; b. 8 Apr. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left Apr. 1939; Sgt Pilot RAFVR, killed in action 8 Nov. 1941.

Patrick Ian “Paddy” Leeman was born at Derby, Derbyshire on the 22nd of July 1922 the son of Dr. Percival Garmany Leeman MC, MB and Clare Grace Ellen (nee Macgregor) Leeman of 100, Douglas Street, Osmaston Road, Derby, later of “The Lawn”, Burton Road, Littleover in Derbyshire.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1935 to April 1939. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1940 where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
On the night of the 7th/8th of November 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 101 Wellingtons, 42 Whitleys, 17 Stirlings and 9 Halifaxes for an operation on Berlin. The weather forecast over the North Sea was very poor with storms, thick cloud, icing and hail. This led the commanding officer of No. 5 Group to insist that his crews be sent to Cologne instead of Berlin but his request was ignored. 73 aircraft reached Berlin where were unable to observe the results of their bombing but they reported seeing a number of fires on the outskirts of the city. The authorities in Berlin reported widespread damage with 1 industrial building, 2 railways, 30 houses and 2 public buildings being damaged or destroyed. A gasometer at Saaken was burnt out. 11 people were killed on the ground with 44 injured and 637 people were bombed out of their homes.
Patrick Leeman and his crew took off from RAF Mildenhall at 5.26pm on the 7th of November 1941 in Wellington Mk IC X9878 OJ-A for the operation. Having completed their mission they were on the return leg of their journey and were in the area of Essen when they were hit by anti aircraft fire but were able to continue. A short time later the aircraft was flying at 8,000 feet near Wesel when it was hit again, twice in the nose and in the rear turret. It was then attacked and shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf110 night fighter flown by Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of 7./NJG1. The aircraft crashed near to Isselburg at 12.47am local time with the loss of all but one of the crew. Theirs was one of an eventual 18 victories for Wilhelm Engel who survived the war.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Herbert Roy Crowe RCAF (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Stanley William Dane (Pilot)
Sergeant Albert Charles Arthur Davis (Observer)
Sergeant Patrick Ian Leeman (2nd Pilot)
Sergeant John Charles Pengelly (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Frederick Jenkinson (Rear Gunner) (POW No. 6439 Stalag Luft VII)
Thiers was one of twenty one aircraft which were lost during the raid.
The crew was buried at North Cemetery, Dusseldorf but their bodies were exhumed in July 1946 by No. 4 Missing, Research and Enquiry Unit, Royal Air Force and moved to their present location.
The only survivor, rear gunner Frederick Jenkinson, later reported that he managed to get out of the damaged rear turret with great difficulty after using an axe. He related that he saw no one in the fuselage and that he and William Dane were both onboard when Dane crash landed the aircraft. Dane was killed in the crash with Jenkinson being injured and taken prisoner.
Due to the heavy losses it would be another fourteen months before Bomber Command launched another raid on Berlin.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Littleover.
He is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Joint Grave 11 B 7-8.

LEEKE, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1744 (Hart's).

LEE, THOMAS STIRLING, son of John Swanwick Lee, Craven Street, Strand, London, surveyor, and Janet --- (1881 Census); b. 16 Mar 1856; adm. 26 Sep 1870 (James'); left Whitsun 1871; Royal Academy Schools 1876-80, Gold Medal for Sculpture 1877, Travelling Studentship in Sculpture 1879; studied in Paris and Rome; a sculptor; founder member, New English Art Club; member, Art Workers Guild, Master 1898; his scheme for the decoration of St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, was only partially carried out; his bust of Richard Busby (qv) was placed up School at the bicentenary of Busby’s death in 1895; m.; d. 28 Jun 1916.

LEE, PHILIP STIRLING, brother of Thomas Stirling Lee (qv); b. 24 Apr 1858; adm. 24 Jan 1871 (James'); left May 1874; surveyor, firm J. S. Lee & Sons, Craven Street, Strand, London; m. Mary Maud, dau. of Washington Single, South Woodford, Essex, Commissioner of Taxes; d. 13 Nov 1909.

Lee, Percy Erskine, son of John Lee, of Clapham Common; b. Feb. 19, 1882; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left July 1899; Queen's Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; asst. master Dover Coll. 1906-15; ordained deacon 1912, priest 1914 (Canterbury); Chaplain of Dover Coll. 1912-5; Chaplain to the Forces July 30, 1915, 8th Infantry Brigade 1915-17, Sen. Chaplain 14th Div. 1917-8, D. A. C. G., 4th Corps, 1918-9; mentioned in despatches; Chaplain Ind. Eccles Estab. 1919; Hon. Canon of Calcutta 1934-7; Rector of Weston-in-Gordano, Somerset, 1936; m. Jan. 31, 1921, Mary Hilda, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Robert White Stevens, of Plymouth, Devon; d. Oct. 22, 1945.

LEE, MATTHEW, son of William Lee, Northampton; b. 1694; adm.; Min. Can. 1708; QS 1709; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713 – Nov 1720, Faculty Student 18 Nov 1720 – void by marriage 7 Jul 1730; BA 1717; MA 1720; MB 1722; MD 1726; medical practitioner successively in Oxford and in London; MRCP 1731, FRCP 1732, Censor 1734, Harveian Orator 1736; Physician to Frederick, Prince of Wales, Oct 1741-51; by his will dated 27 Aug 1755 he bequeathed a large sum of money to Christ Church for the benefit of the Westminster Students, and also for the erection of a School of Anatomy and for the endowment of a Readership in Anatomy; m. 1730 Sarah, youngest dau. of John Knapp, Little Linford, Bucks.; d. 26 Sep 1755. DNB.

By his will dated 27 Aug 1755 (proved 8 Oct 1755) he left certain estates to the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, in trust for various purposes including exhibitions for the Westminster Students of Christ Church. The estates subsequently increased greatly in value, and the application of the income was altered more than once by decree of the Court of Chancery. By the ordinance attached to the Christ Church (Oxford) Ordinances Act 1867 £1260 of the annual income was directed to be applied, with other funds, towards the maintenance of the Westminster Junior Studentships at Christ Church.
For Lee’s bequest to Christ Church, Oxford, see E.G.W.Bill, op.cit., pp 104-5. The bequest to Christ Church amounted to approximately £30,000, out of which a fund of £50 was set up for the better support of the Westminster Students during the first year after their election, and Lee’s bequest also funded a number of exhibitions (four of which were specifically ‘mathematical’) for Westminster Students nominated by the Dean and Chapter. These “were worth £10 a year and were tenable for a maximum of eight years”, and were awarded to nearly every Westminster Student, and “from about 1786 the exhibitions were usually given some two years after matriculation”. The “Lee foundation was very wealthy” and the value of these exhibitions were increased to £30 a year in 1807.

Lee, John Hilary, son of Alfred Eustace Lee, asst master Bradfield College, and Ethel Adah, d. of Capt. William Bishop Andrews MN, of Boscombe, Hants; b. 5 Jan. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1939; asst master Ampleforth Coll. 1932-4, Blundell's Sch. 1934-46, head of Chemistry Felsted Sch. 1946-71; head of Physical Science Kingsway Sen. Sch. Amanzimtoti, Natal, 1972-3; Felsted Sch. (part time) 1974-7; m. 17 Apr. 1945 Audrey Evelyn Eugenie, d. of Capt. Thomas Singleton Tomlinson, Roy. Munster Fusiliers; d. 30 Sept. 2001.

LEE, HENRY BOYLE, fourth son of John Newton Lee, Coldrey, Hampshire, and Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Joseph Warton, St. Swithin’s, Winchester; b. 12 Jan 1809; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G); left 1826; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS 1833; practised at West Peckham, Kent; m. 27 Jun 1844 Anne Emilia, only dau. of Richard Debarry; d. 19 Mar 1896.

LEE, GEORGE HENRY, fourth son of John Benjamin Lee (qv); b. 13 Apr 1851; adm. 16 Oct 1860 (G); left Aug 1868; emigrated to New Zealand 1869; m. 1 Aug 1883 Marianne Emily, dau. of Joseph Palmer, Christchurch, New Zealand.