Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM HUBERT LEETE
Service Number: 21507
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Artillery
Date of Death
Died 29 November 1944
Age 49 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly Cdg. 53 (5th Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regt. Royal Artillery
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross, Territorial Decoration
- Additional Info Son of William Septimus and Emily Mary Phyllis Leete, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Mary Constance Leete, of Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne. His son Peter Hubert also died on service.
- Personal Inscription THE HUSBAND OF MARY CONSTANCE LEETE. THEIR SON, PETER HUBERT WAS PRESUMED LOST AT SEA 24TH FEBRUARY 1942 AGE 19
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.
Share and read stories
Download certificate