PREECE Harry George

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
    George 
  • Surname:
    PREECE
  • Service Number:
    DJX182039
  • Rank:

    Ordinary Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Neptune
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th December 1941
  • Age At Death:
    17
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 49, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Lucy Walker, and stepson of Harry George Preece, of Madresfield, Worcestershire

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PREECE Harry George Is Named On These Memorials

Madresfield St Mary the Virgin Church WW2 Memorial

Further Information About PREECE Harry George

Listed as Harry George Walker on Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

HMS Neptune was a cruiser. On the night of 19th December 1941 she ran into an uncharted minefield off the coast of Tripoli and sank with the loss of 763 Officers and Men.

Commemorated on the Neptune and Kandahar Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas.

Listed on the Neptune Association website as Harry George Walker: http://www.hmsneptune.com

A letter from E.L. Phillips, The Rectory, Madresfield, dated 17th May 1945 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Harry George Preece be added to the county roll of honour. The letter states that Harry served as a Naval Rating, Royal Navy, HMS Royal Neptune.

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