John William's Story.
Corporal John William Lea, Regimental number 9609, of the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment was killed in action on Saturday 8 May 1915.He is commemorated on the Ypres “Menin Gate” Memorial, Leper in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and on the 1st Sandbach and 1st Wheelock Boys Brigade Roll of Honour.
John lived at 21 Green Street, Sandbach. His father was a tailor.
He had been a regular soldier at the outbreak of the war and returned from India to spend a few days at home before being sent to the Western Front in France.
NB John William Lea is not to be confused with John Lea, Private 19968 of the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, also of Sandbach, who died a week later on 16th May 1915.