Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: When Sergeant John Richard Lee was born on 8 May 1880, in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Lee, was 25 and his mother, Charlotte Robinson, was 22. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Foston, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada in 1921. He registered for military service in 1915. He died on 25 June 1954, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This soldier enlisted with the 18th Battalion, London, Ontario, on January 13, 1915. He was originally assigned to the 33rd Battalion but was transferred to the 18th Battalion.. He served with the Battalion until he was taken in late April 1916. He served the rest of the war in England, earning a Good Conduct Badge and the rank of Acting Sergeant in 1918.
LEE, John Richard—At Sunnybrook hospital, Friday, June 25, 1954, John Richard Lee (18th Battalion), step-brother of Jack Burroughs. Resting at Brown Bros. funeral home, Eglinton Ave., at Dufferin St. Service in the chapel, Monday, at 11 a.m. Interment York cemetery.
The Toronto Star. Fri, Jun 25, 1954 ·Page 41.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 