Career
On 14 April 1912. Born in Benson, England, Lee served in the Royal Navy as Assistant-Paymaster until placed on the retired list in February 1900. On 14 April, Lee joined lookout Frederick Fleet in the crow"s nest beginning at 10 p.m. The binoculars the two men should have used were unavailable, as the keys to the case in which they were locked were not on board, forcing the lookouts to rely on their eyesight.
13, which was launched from the ship"s starboard side at 1:30 a.m.
As a result, Lee survived the sinking, as did Fleet. Lee testified before the Board of Trade Inquiry into the disaster but died shortly thereafter from pneumonia-related complications in Kenilworth, on 6 August 1913.