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, 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, 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.

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

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.

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.

Lees, Roger Arthur Graham, son of Rev. William Edward Lees, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Myra Dorothy, d. of Henry Slack, of Gullane, East Lothian; b. 2 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1940; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut. ); adm. solicitor July 1948; sen. legal asst. Office of the Church Commissioners; m. 19 Aug. 1948 Mollie Georgina, d. of George Read, of Clacton­on-Sea, Essex; d. 12 Mar. 1998.

Lees-Smith, (Edward) Christopher John, brother of Patrick Hastings Lees-Smith (qv); b. 5 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left Mar. 1938; RA 1939-45 (Maj., DAQMG Middle East); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1964; ord. deacon 1950, priest 1951 (Durham); Curate St Luke's, Pallion, Co. Durham, 1950-3; a Brother of the Society of St Francis, Hilfield, Dorset (known as Brother Edward), 1954-; Guardian of the Friary, Alnmouth, Northumberland, 1963-74; Chaplain of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis 1974-1991; d. 25 Feb. 2010.

Lees-Smith, Patrick Hastings, son of Rt Hon. Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith DSc PC MP, Pres. of the Board of Education, and Joyce, d. of Sidney Herbert Holman of Highgate; b. 4 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1935; RA 1940-5 (Capt.); Nat. Coal Board 1947-52; a carna­tion grower 1952-60; retd because of ill health; m. 6 June 1949 Elizabeth Isobel May, d. of John Wishart Kerr, med. practitioner, of Cambuslang, Glasgow; d. 18 June 1997.

LEFROY, ALFRED HENRY, fifth son of Thomas Paul Lefroy QC, County Court Judge (I), Bray, co. Wicklow, and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Sarah Anne Massy, fourth dau. of Hugh Massy, 3rd Baron Massy (I); b. 23 Feb 1856; adm. 24 Sep 1868 (G); left Dec 1873; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1876; LLB 1880; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Jan 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; South-Eastern Circuit; Deputy Clerk of the Peace, South London 1889-1904; m. 3 Jun 1891 Geraldine Mary, only dau. of Patrick Panton, Rodmersham Court, Kent; d. 10 Mar 1947.