Personal data
| Name | Lean |
|---|---|
| Initials | H.H. |
| Christian name | Hugh Henry |
| Family | Son of Maj.-Gen. K. E. Lean, C.B., and Mrs. Lean (nee Quin) |
Military data
| Rank | Capt. |
|---|---|
| Regiment / Unit | Highland Light Infantry |
| Date of death | |
| Age | 29 |
| Cemetery / Memorial | Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, II. G. 35; personal inscription: LOYAL,STEADFAST AND TRUE |
Other information
- Information
- Secondary unit: Staff Bde. Major 153rd Infantry Brigade
- Information 2
- Killed in action. Four times previously wounded.
- Information 3
- M.C.
- Information 4
- 'The Hugh Lean Lamp' - Norwood Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1925. First lit on 19.12.1925 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Hugh Henry Lean, M.C., Capt., H.L.I. St. Julien, 29.7.1917" (Donated by Lt.-Col. I.M. Campbell) Relinquished in 1935. Endowed on 09.11.1938. Relit on 10.12.1938 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by the Earl of Clarendon. "In memory of Hugh Henry Lean... 1917; and of others from Norwood who made the Supreme Sacrifice, 1914-1918."
Sources
- Source
- Liber Vitae 1928
- Source 2
- S. Smith, Toc H Roll of Lamps
- Source 3
- Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936