Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Craven
Town
Giggleswick
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902), First World War (1914-1918), Colonial India
Maker
F Osborne and Co. Ltd (Makers)
Herbert Wauthier (Designer)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
29579

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Current location

on the south wall of the memorial chapel
which is at the east end of the south aisle
St Akelda's Church
Giggleswick
Craven
North Yorkshire
BD24 0BE
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 81162 64079
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Dome headed Brass plaque on wooden backboard with the family crest in the dome head
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE TWO SONS OF/ JOHN PRESTON OF MEARBECK AND ELIZABETH MARY/ HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF JOHN PROCTOR OF LONG PRESTON/ JOHN STARKIE PRESTON, THEIR ELDER SON, 2ND LIEUT/ 1ST BATTALION ROYAL SCOTS (LOTHIAN REGT) AFTER FIGHTING/ AT STORMBERG AND ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR/ YIELDED UP HIS LIFE FOR HIS QUEEN AND COUNTRY AT/ DEWETSDORP THE 27TH JUNE 1900 AGED 21 YEARS/ THOMAS HAWORTH PRESTON, THEIR YOUNGER SON, CAPTAIN/ 1ST BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGT. FOUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA/ MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. AFTER HE SERVED IN INDIA AND/ FORMED ONE OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES TO FRANCE IN AUGUST 1914./ HE WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE OF LE CATEAU, THE AISNE AND THE/ MARNE, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION BY THE GERMANS NEAR PLOEGSTEERT/ IN FLANDERS, THE 17TH NOVEMBER 1914, AGED 33 YEARS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Preston, John Starkie
Preston, Thomas Haworth
See details for all 2 names
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,age, relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forename,place of birth, relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 5mm, height 635mm, width 765mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 35mm, height 685mm, width 815mm
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Family

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