PARAS Lea, Christopher Gerald

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lea ​

• FORENAME

Christopher Gerald ​

• UNIT

11 SAS Bn (X Troop) ​

• RANK

T/Captain ​

• NUMBER

73126 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Italy 1941 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Lancashire Fusiliers​

born 27.11.1917​

younger son of George P. Lee,Franche,Kidderminster​

educated Charterhouse School​

educated RMC Sandhurst​

Lancashire Fusiliers 1937​

brother of later LtGen George Lea​

WIA 1940 Dunkirk​

POW February 1941 Italy​

Mention in Despatches for Far East 1945 (London Gazette 4.1.1946)​

Inner Temple 1948​

Judge,Oxford Circuit 1972-92​

ordained as a voluntary priest,Mortimer,Berkshire​

married Susan Dorrien Smith 1952 (4 children)​

died 1.6.2006 ​

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