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Surname: PRESTON
Forename(s): Joseph Edward
Place of Birth: Brookhouse near Caton, Lancashire
Service No: 13611
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1916-10-04
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HELLIFIELD, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Edward Preston was the son of Edward and Martha Ellen Preston, née Robinson. Edward was born at Dolphinholme and Martha at Brookhouse, Lancashire.
1891 Caton with Littledale, Lancashire Census: The Brow - Joseph E. Preston, aged 1 year, born Caton, son of Edward and Martha E. Preston.
1901 Caton, Lancashire Census: Brookhouse - Joseph Preston, aged 11 years, born Caton, son of Edward and Martha Preston.
1911 Caton, Lancashire Census: Brookhouse - Joseph Preston, aged 21 years, born Brookhouse, son of Edward and Martha Preston.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph E. Preston, 13611, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 26 August 1915.
Joseph is commemorated on the Caton, Brookhouse and Littledale War Memorial and the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
PRESTON, Joseph, aged 23, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, Midland Terrace, [Hellifield], killed 1916.
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Private Joseph Edward PRESTON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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Private Joseph Edward Preston
Courtesy of the ‘Lancaster Military Heritage Group’ website
Unknown platoon of 'A' Company, 10th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), Aldershot, 1914
Photograph sent home to his parents at Bolton by Bowland by Pte Henry (Harry) Valance Killeen (13738). Henry is standing, with his hands behind his back, 11th from right. His brother, Pte Reginald Victor Whiteley Killeen (q.v.), was killed in action on the 25 January 1916
Courtesy of Paula Ann Payne (née Bailey), Barnoldswick
'A' Company, 10th (Service) Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), Bramshott, August, 1915
Courtesy of Bernard Ideson
Names of identified officers and other ranks on above photograph
Memorial Service card
From a display at St. Aidan’s Church, Hellifield
Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Order of Service for the Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Order of Service for the Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Order of Service for the Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
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27 October 1916
PRESTON – Killed in action in France, Pte. Joseph Preston, Duke of Wellington’s Regt., of Midland Terrace, Hellifield, aged 23 years.
27 October 1916
HELLIFIELD – PRIVATE JOSEPH PRESTON KILLED
Official news has been received of the death in action of Pte. Joseph Preston, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment. Pte. Preston was 23 years old, and before joining the Forces, shortly after the outbreak of the war, he was engaged as a porter at Hellifield Station. He resided with Mr. C. Walkington, of Midland Terrace, Hellifield, and his parents live at Caton.
10 November 1916
PRIVATE J. PRESTON, HELLIFIELD
The above is a portrait of Pte. Joseph Preston, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, whose death in action on the Western Front was reported in our issue of October 27th. Pte. Preston was 23 years of age, and, prior to joining the Forces, was employed as a porter at Hellifield Station. He resided with Mr. C. Walkington, Midland Terrace, Hellifield, and his parents live at Caton, near Lancaster.
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25 September 1914
THE ROLL OF HONOUR
The following men have answered the appeal by joining the Settle Company of the 10th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment:–
From Austwick – William Hoyle, Wilson Pritchard, Samuel Shepherd, Fred Swale, John William Thistlewaite, George Thistlewaite.
Airton – Kayley Earnshaw.
Arncliffe – Percy Hodgson, John Simpson.
Bolton-by-Bowland – Irvine Clark, Jim Coates, Richard Davies Ellison, Harold Greenhow, Edward Victor Grubb, James Mason, Robert Singleton, Joseph Chapman Syers.
Bell Busk – Leonard Fox.
Clapham – Albert Edward Drury, Arthur Herbert Procter.
Grindleton – William Irvin Bell, James Wilding Clarkson, Joshua Crossley, William Walker.
Gisburn – Anthony Lofthouse, John Robinson.
Hellifield – James John Angus, Charles Graham, Thomas Harding, Charles Harwood, Sidney Hoar, John Ernest Linnett, Joseph Edward Preston, Thomas Procter, Christopher Ralph, Norman Roberts, Fred Graham.
Horton – John Bruce Davidson.
Ingleton – Hugh Robinson.
Longpreston – Arthur Bailey, Thomas Garnett, John Henry Hitchin, Henry Edward Horner, William Jones, James Kayley, Job Kayley, Arthur Lawson, William Henry Metcalfe, Joseph Parker, William Procter, William Rawlinson.
Langcliffe – Richard Butler, Thomas Henry Edmondson.
Marton – John Beckwith.
Malham – James Swinbank.
Newsholme – Thomas Edward Askew, Carl Parrington Branthwaite, Benjamin Ashton Butler, William Henry Scott.
Otterburn – Harry Gilbert Tunstill.
Settle – Robert William Bell, Ernest Campbell, George Clark, John Thomas Cockerill, Robert Cresswell, Herbert Dickinson, William Edward Gibson, George Jellett, Thomas Laytham, Robert Henry Maunders, Robert Newhouse, Walter Umpleby, Thomas Walsh, Solomon Richard Webb.
Stainforth – Walter Dinsdale.
Slaidburn – Edwin Isherwood, Walter Isherwood, Abel Moore, Charles Edward Parker, George Whitfield.
Wigglesworth – Fred Metcalfe, George Oversby.
Waddington – Joseph Barrett Hartley, Albert Hird [Herd], Harry Smith, Thomas Rigby, William Watson.
27 October 1916
PRESTON – Killed in action, Pte. Joseph Preston, of the Duke of Wellington’s, formerly of Hellifield, aged 23.
27 October 1916
TWO HELLIFIELD MEN KILLED – Private Joseph Preston
Official news has been received of the death of Pte. Joseph Preston, Duke of Wellington’s. Pte. Preston was 23 years old, and before joining the Forces, shortly after the outbreak of the war, he was engaged as a porter at Hellifield Station. He resided with Mr. C. Walkington, of Midland Terrace, Hellifield, and his parents live at Caton.
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