James's Story.
Birkenhead News 22 September 1915R.A.M.C. Hero.
PORT SUNLIGHT MAN KILLED.
Whilst Succouring Wounded.
Mr. and Mrs. Gee, of 4, Circular Drive, Port Sunlight, have been informed through the official sources that their son, Private James H. Gee, of the 41st Field Ambulance R.A.M.C., was killed in action at the Dardanelles on the 7th August. Private Gee was a single young man, 23 years of age, and joined the R.A.M. Corps at the commencement of the war in August last year. He was transferred to the Dardanelles about seven weeks before he met with his death, during which time his parents have received many letters from him, all written very cheerfully. He was writing a letter home when he was called out to bring the wounded in, and was killed by a shell. One of his friends finished the letter for him, and sent it home. Private Gee formerly worked at No. 2 Wood box, Lever Bros., Port Sunlight. He was educated at St. Mark’s, Rock Ferry, where he was extremely well-known and respected, and his place in the choir at St. Mark’s will be hard to fill. His brother, A. E. Gee is serving his country in the operating room at the Royal Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot.
This is the second casualty that has occurred in this family, Mrs. Gee’s nephew, Private Will Jones, being killed in action on the 2nd December.