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R Preston (Private)
in the UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
Name: R Preston
Service Date: 1899-1902
Service Place: South Africa
Campaign or Service: South Africa - Second Boer War
Regiment or Unit Name: Grenadier Guards
Regimental Number: 7121



R Preston (Private)
in the UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
Name: R Preston
Service Date: 1899-1902
Service Place: South Africa
Campaign or Service: South Africa - Second Boer War
Regiment or Unit Name: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Regimental Number: 1564

He was at Orford barracks when he got married and this is the only robert preston i can find at Orford Barracks

Service number 2949 Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Year 1893 Attestation date 02 Sep 1893 Attestation age 17 years 9 months service number 2949 Attestation corps 4th Battalion N Lancs Regiment

i wonder if he died somewhere between 1904 when his daughter Ellen was born and when Lilian Pearson Preston in 1906 when he wasnt named as father

Ellen Preston - [Child] of Robert Preston & Jane Born: 8 Apr 1904 Abode: 17 Brook Street Occupation: Soldier Baptised by: Frederic W. Willis Register: Baptisms 1900 - 1907, Page 240, Entry 1913 Source: Original Parish Register

Lilian Pearson Preston - [Child] of Janie Preston Born: 26 Jun 1906 Abode: Brick St. Baptised by: G. F. Reynolds, Offg. Minister Register: Baptisms 1900 - 1907, Page 352, Entry 2812 Source: Original Parish Register

just realised Robert would not have died in the Boer war as he was alive in 1904 and the Boer war ended in 1902

For info

You could have found the baptisms yourself

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

ALso for info

They were not at the address on the baptisms in 1901.

Marriage: 14 Jul 1927 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
Robert Bradley - 23, Labourer, Bachelor, 2 Dutton Street, Warrington
Ellen Preston - 23, Spinster, 96 School Brow, Warrington
Groom's Father: John Bradley, (deceased), Labourer
Bride's Father: Robert Charles Preston, (deceased), Labourer -------
Witness: George Preston; Martha Green
Married by Banns by: Harry Battye, Assistant Curate
Register: Marriages 1924 - 1928, Page 153, Entry 305
Source: Original Parish Register

Marriage: 31 Mar 1923 St Elphin, Warrington, Lancashire, England
George Preston - 21, Wire Drawer, Bachelor, 96 School Brow, Warrington
Margaret Buckard - 22, Spinster, 24 Crossley Street, Warrington
Groom's Father: Robert Preston, (deceased), Labourer ---------
Bride's Father: Joseph Buckard, Labourer
Witness: Joseph Buckard; Lily Stacey
Married by Banns by: F. O. S. Powell, Assistant Curate
Register: Marriages 1921 - 1924, Page 131, Entry 262
Source: Original Parish Register

interesting that he is described as a labourer on those marriages rather than a soldier

and with the middle name of Charles

if this correct (posted on P1)

Service number 2949
Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

then none of those service records except perhaps the Natal one fits unless he transferred regiments

ErikaH I did find the baptisms and posted the two relevant ones in my post

Maddie and LancashireAnn I agree it is strange that it says that Robert was a labourer. It says soldier on all his childrens baptism records.

LancashireAnn I was wondering if the number on his attestation record was just for his training and would he have been given another number when he was allocated to a regiment or battalion
If the Boer war finished in 1902 I wonder if he came out of the army and was a labourer when he died somewhere before 1908 when his wife Jane remarried

Thank you once again everyone for your help it is always appreciated

Maddie and LancashireAnn

Just had a thought on the marriage records for Ellen and her brother George it says father ROBERT CHARLES PRESTON

Robert Preston didn't have a middle name of Charles but their step father was ROBERT CHARLES PEARSON and his occupation was labourer.

Do you think the surnames was put down as Preston instead of Pearson