PREECE Francis George

  • First Name(s):
    Francis 
    George 
  • Surname:
    PREECE
  • Service Number:
    28667
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    13th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd March 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 40 and 41.
  • Place of Birth:
    Malvern Link, Worcestershire, enlisted Campden, Gloucestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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PREECE Francis George Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Gloucestershire Regiment

Further Information About PREECE Francis George

Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.)

Gloucesters. D.C.M. Manager of Campden Gas Works. Died March 22nd 1918 of wounds.

Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

A photograph of Lance Corporal F.G. Preece of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 4th May 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives. The same supplement has photographs of his two brothers, Private L.D. Preece and Private F.J. Preece.

Francis Preece has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Pozieres Memorial.

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