PRIEST Raymond

  • First Name(s):
    Raymond 
  • Surname:
    PRIEST
  • Service Number:
    1830097
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Leicestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th July 1944
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Kirkee War Cemetery, India, Grave 8. E. 13.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas Charles and Amy Priest, of Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

PRIEST Raymond Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Matthew’s Church

Further Information About PRIEST Raymond

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal 12th August 1944:
Worcester Soldiers’s Death in Burma
News of the death from malaria while on active service of Pte. Raymond Priest, of Shrub Hill Villa, Worcester, has been received by his parents.
He was educated at Stanley Road School, and before being called up in June 1941, worked at Webb’s carpet factory and Mr Hill, of Bromyard Terrace.

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