He was the son of Thomas and Jane Lee, of Hermitage Farm, Warkworth.
Morpeth Herald 21/09/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Mr and Mrs Thos. Lee, Tyneley, near Alnwick [sic], have been officially informed that their son, Private H. Waite Lee, missing since Sept. 15th, 1916, is reported killed in action in France on that date.
He is remembered at Alnwick on A11.03, A11.09 and in ROH 7th N.F. 1914-18 Buckley’s History