This week’s Batley News had one piece only relating to the parish of St Mary’s – news of the death of Horace Lee, reproduced below. Spelling and punctuation matches that of the newspaper.
LOCAL CATHOLIC KILLED
A Batley Carr Native Who Lived in Batley
Official news that Private Horace Lee (21), Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action on October 1st has been received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee, 17, Cobden Street, Batley. Private Lee had been in the Army two years, and at the Front 16 months, prior to which he worked at Messrs. John Blackburn and Co.’s New Ing Mills. He was a native of Batley Carr, attended St Joseph Church and Schools, and on removal to Batley became associated with St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Cross Bank.
A brother (Driver Harry Lee) is in France with the R.F.A., and a step-brother, Able Seaman Herbert Hanson Blake, is in France with the Royal Naval Division.
Private Lee’s photo will be published in our next edition.
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