PREECE Charles Edwin

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    Edwin 
  • Surname:
    PREECE
  • Service Number:
    4157
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Grave XXI. A. 19A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Native of Malvern
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Preece, 2 Mayfield Place, St. Ann’s Rd., Malvern, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

PREECE Charles Edwin Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern Priory
Malvern WW1 War Memorial

Further Information About PREECE Charles Edwin

Malvern Gazette, 20th January 1917:
Mr and Mrs Thomas Preece of 2 Mayfield Place, St Ann’s Road, has been officially notified that her son Pte Charles Preece, Worc R has died in hospital on the 4th January. Before the War he was employed at Mrs Need’s diary for 7 years. He was formerly Colour Sgt and Bandmaster of the Malvern Company, CLB. A memorial service will be held at the Priory for him on the 28th January.

A photograph of Private C. Preece of Malvern can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 20th January 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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