Name
Frederick Daniel Preston
1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/03/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
33266
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY
I. P. 18.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Frederick Daniel Preston was born in 1896 in Berkhamsted, the son of Thomas and Eliza (Elizabeth) Preston and one of nine children. He was baptised on 20 May 1896 at Great Berkhamsted.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 29 Bridge Street, Berkhamsted, where his father was working as a labourer. They remained there in 1911 at which time, 14 year old Frederick was working as an errand boy.
His parents later lived at 20 Castle Street, Berkhamsted.
Wartime Service
Frederick enlisted in Berkhamsted and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 8th Battalion.
He was killed in action on 23 March 1917, aged 20 when the Battalion were in trenches near Maroc and is buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 10s and pay owing of £3 7s 2d. She also received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
