Charles Edwin PREECE
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'C' Coy, 1/8th Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment, 144th Brigade, 48th Division, B.E.F. |
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| Service Number | 4157 | ||||||
| Rank | Private | ||||||
| Nature of Death | Died Etaples, France 4/1/17 | ||||||
| Age | 20 | ||||||
| Burial/Commemoration | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||||||
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Malvern Commemoration
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The Priory, Great Malvern | ||||||
| Next of Kin | Son of Thomas William and Mary Ann Preece of 2 Mayfield Place, St Anns Road, Great Malvern | ||||||
| Education | - | ||||||
| Previous Employment | Employed at Mrs Need's Dairy | ||||||
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Charles Preece enlisted into the army in May 1915 and joined the 8th Worcestershire Regiment. He served on the Somme in 1916 and was gassed on the 20 July 1916, along with some five hundred others in the Battalion and after several weeks was evacuated to a Convalescent Depot at Cayeux. He rejoined the Infantry Base Depot ready for service again at the front. However it is not clear whether he served with the Battalion again, before he was evacuated sick to the large base hospital complex at Etaples.
The Malvern News reported: "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, Church Lads Brigade. A memorial service was held for him and Roland Monk, another adult member of the CLB at the Priory on the 21st January 1917."
At this service Psalms 15 and 25 were sung, the lesson was taken from the Chapter 21 of the Book of Revelations, prayers were said for the fallen, the congregation sang the hymn Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand, In Sparkling Raiment Bright and the service concluded with the Blessing and the singing of the National Anthem. To see a copy of the order of service click here.
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Malvern
News 26/8/16, 20/1/17
Edna Monk 2005
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