Private 6519 William Prescott
Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: Gallipoli
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 02/06/1915
Age at death: 40
Date of death: 28th of June 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Wigan, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Helles Memorial - Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219.
BMD details:
Marriage: 9 Nov 1906 St James, Wigan, Lancashire, England William Prescott - 34, Stoker, Bachelor, 18 Marsh Street Worsley Mesne Sarah James - 28, Spinner, Spinster, 33 Poolstock Lane Groom's Father: John Prescott, (deceased), Labourer Bride's Father: John James, Collier Witness: Joseph McMahon; Mary Ann Johnson Married by Banns by: James Thompson Curate Register: Marriages 1902 - 1914, Page 92, Entry 184 Source: Original register at Wigan Archives
Family details:
Son of John and Helen Prescott; husband of Sarah Prescott, of 18, Brackley St., Goose Green, Wigan.
Census details:
Not positively identified before 1911. 1911 - Sees 39 years old 'Stoker-Colliery Surface' William living at 11 Richmond Street, Worsley Mesnes, Wigan with wife Sarah (33) and two children: John (11), William (9 mths).
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/Powell-Prescott_LancsFuss.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Private William Prescott
(Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]
