Private John Priestley
10934 1st East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 1st July 1916
Enlisted Burnley
Lived on West Street, Colne
Buried in Redan Ridge No.2 Cemetery, France -C.10.
Commemorated in Colne Cemetery

Son of Henry Priestley.Enlisted 1912 landed at Havre on the 22nd August 1914.and fought in the retreat from Mons and the Marne and Aisne, wounded 3 times and back to the trenches.Buried with 10 other Burnley soldiers

"I have been continuing my research into the men of Mytholmroyd and Cragg Vale and have another man who connects with our and your area. Private John Priestley 10934 1st East Lancashire Regiment is remembered here and in the Burnley area as he lived in Mytholmroyd for a time. I also have in my records his brother Wilfred

(Courtesy of Wayne Ogden)