205653 Gnr. Russell Telford Lees British Army Royal Artillery (d.29th Dec 1943) I am researching my family tree and have found out that Russell Lees was my real grandfather on my father's side. Gunner R.T Lees died in India on the 29/12/1943 when my father was just 2 months old. Subsequently my father changed his name to Gander after his step-father. I have found out through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission that Russell Lees is buried in the War Cemetery in Chittagong, India. He is also listed on the War Memorial in Campsey Ashe in Suffolk. Unfortunately, that is the sum total of my knowledge. I would like to find out more about him but I do not know where to start. If anyone has any advice on where I can find out more (cause of death, service records, photos etc) then I would most grateful. Thank you. Additional Information: | Russell Telford Lees was born in Dunbar on 9th Octber 1918 (Dundar page21:63) son of Robert and Mary Adeline Cockerton Lees (née Telford), of Dovea, Belhaven, Dunbar, (father a railway goods clerk).
At the 1921 census he was 2 years old, living at Station Cottage, Gorebridge, Scotland. with his father Robert Lees 32] born Edinburgh; his mother Mollie born Byker, Northumberland and grandfather James Telford [60] born Northumberland.
In the 1939 register he was a railway clerk at the Station House, Deben, Suffolk with his father (Stationmaster) and mother.
In 1942 in Colchester, he married Florence M. Rycroft. She re married in 1951 to Charles E Gander. Tony Pringle
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