Bayford War Memorial. PREECE, HENRY GEORGE


Name: PREECE, HENRY GEORGE
Initials: H G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment: Devonshire Regiment
Unit Text: "C" Coy. 2nd Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 29/10/1918
Service No: 74085
Additional information: Son of Edwin Henry Preece, of The George Hotel, Milverton.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: In North-West part.
Cemetery: MILVERTON (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD

Henry Preece also appears on the Milverton War Memorial. Milverton, Devon where it is noted he received the Croix de Guerre.
PREECE, HENRY GEORGE - Private 74085, "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
Died at home 29th October 1918. Aged 19. Born Bayford, Hertfordshire, enlisted Hertford. Son of Edwin Henry Preece, of The George Hotel, Milverton.
Buried in the North-West part of ST. MICHAEL CHURCHYARD, MILVERTON, Somerset.

1901 Census


Residence: The Green, Bayford.
Name Age Job, Birthplace
Bessie Preece 32 Ebrington, Glostershire
Edwin Henry Preece 40 , coachman, Nunny, Somerset
Henry George Preece 1 , Bayford