| Administrative History | Agnes Jane Lees (1882-1971) was born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. She was employed as a clerk. She was accepted as a CMS missionary in 1915 and sailed for service in West India on S.S. 'Persia' which was torpedoed by an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean on 30 December. She landed in Alexandria after rescue and proceeded to Biladia. She served at Biladia from 1916, Kotra from 1928, and Lusadia from 1935. She retired to England 1947.
Reference: Manuscript register of missionaries (Women 1915-1918) in the CMS archive |
| Custodial History | Deposited with the CMS in 1969; transferred on permanent loan to the Special Collections Department by the CMS in the 1980s |