Gunner Wilfred Henry Preston
C Battery, 47th Brigade, Royal Field
Artillery
21/05/1919
Son of Alfred & Elizabeth Preston of 30 Belmont
Road, St Helier, Jersey.
Died, aged 21 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Monday 26 May 1919
Roll of Honour. On Friday last we stated
that Mrs Preston of 30 Belmont Road had received telegraphic
information that her son, Gunner Wilfred Henry John
Preston of the Royal Field Artillery, was lying seriously
ill at the 47th General Hospital in Bonn. The soldiers
relatives and friends were hoping that news of a more
favourable character would arrive, but unfortunately
another telegram has been received by the mother stating
that the Gunner died on Wednesday last after a very
brief illness. The soldier was in his 21st year and
had passed through several months of hard fighting only
to succumb to illness a few days before peace is to
be signed. We tender the bereaved family our sincere
condolences.
