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WILLIAM CHARLES SEAGAR PREST
Kingston upon Hull HU2
England
BORN NEW YORK, USA, 1895. ONLY SON OF A LIVER MERCHANT. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SHOT BY SNIPER, ON 17/08/1916, AGED 21. HE LIVED AT 28 , WRIGHT STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL 25/08/1916) HE LEFT £221 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER, MRS MARY JANE PREST, OF46 CONEY STREET, YORK. SHE DIED IN YORKSHIRE, ON 28/12/1920, LEAVING £10,244 IN HER WILL.
HE IS BURIED AT AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE, SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP".
Authuille 80300
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