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his fifteenth birthday, retiring
after twenty-three years as
chief petty officer. He
qualified as a naval diver, and
after leaving the navy worked
for the River Thames
Conservancy; he rejoined the
navy in 1917 before reaching
the rank of sergeant major in
the army, serving until 1920.
When I contact Barbara
Allan, she sends me two
photos of Patrick Lee. In the
first he looks dashing in his