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F Prescott

Details

Forename F
Surname Prescott
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 30
Address 66 Warrington Road
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Chief Engineer
Occupation or place of work Wood End Pits of Speakman & Sons
Regiment Navy - HMS Afrikander
Day of Death 19
Month of Death October
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Bronchial Pneumonia
Place of Burial Simons Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery, South Africa
Regiment Number 5235/ES
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information His ship was a mine sweeper, He was wounded 3 times and torpedoed 7 times
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 8/11/18