The memorial is outside St Chad’s Church, Prees, with a plaque inside the church. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped that the people of … 
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The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …
George William Bate was born in Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1896, the third son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Bate of 8 Brades Lane, Prees, Shropshire. George’s brother, John Thomas, also lost his life in the Great War. Regiment : …
John Thomas Bate was born in Prees, Shropshire in 1894, the second son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Bate of 8 Brades Lane, Prees, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows John working as a lad on The Twemlows Farm, Ash Parva, …