| Surname: |
Precious |
| Initials/Name: |
William |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Private |
| Regiment: |
Essex Regiment |
| Unit: |
1st Battalion |
| Service No: |
3/3240 |
| Age: |
30 |
| Date of Death |
06/08/1915 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action Gallipoli |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Twelve Tree Cemetery |
| Country: |
Turkey (including Gallipoli) |
| Grave Reference: |
Special Memorial C.147 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock and
St. Mary's Buttsbury |
| Address: |
Ingatestone. Born Buttsbury |
| CWGC Page: |
William Precious |
| |
(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| PRECIOUS, Private William No.3/3240 1st Battalion The Essex
Regiment |
| Born
in 1885 in Buttsbury, Billericay, Essex, a son of Abraham Precious, retired
blacksmith, and Lucy Precious of Buttsbury. Brother of Private Herbert
Precious, No.40341, 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion (T.F.) The Suffolk
Regiment (killed in action in France on September 5, 1918). |
| In
1901 he was employed as a post office assistant in Buttsbury. He enlisted in
Chelmsford, Essex. Killed in action during the Battle of Krithia Vineyard on
August 6, 1915, aged 30 years. |
| His
remains were able to be recovered for burial. However, after the war his grave
could not be positively identified by the Imperial (later Commonwealth) War
Grave Commission, so he is today commemorated on Special Memorial C. 147 in
Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles. |
| Updated 24.08.2024 |