Person    | Male  Born 13/11/1974  Died 15/7/2005

Lee Christopher Harris

Categories: Tragedy

Lee Christopher Harris was born on 13 November 1974 in Hereford, Herefordshire, the son of Brian Harris and Lynne Harris née Williams. He and his girlfriend, Samantha Hilary Badham, lived together and electoral registers from 2003 to 2005 show them both listed at 4 Teynton Terrace, London, N17 7PZ. An architect, his obituary can be found on the BBC News website.

He and his girlfriend were travelling together when he was injured on 7 July 2005 in the underground tunnel of the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground Railway between King's Cross and Russell Square underground stations that was targeted by a suicide bomber. He was taken to the Royal London Hospital were he died, aged 30 years, on 15 July 2005. The narrative verdict of his death can be found on the Coroner's Inquest Report.

Both he and his girlfriend's joint furneral service took place on 5 August 2005 at St Michael's and All Angels Church, Ledbury, Herefordshire.

On the Hyde Park memorial Lee’s name is linked with his girlfriend's, as ‘Sam Badham & Lee Christopher Harris’.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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