PRIEST, David

In 1914 David Priest was married and living at 3 Careless Green, Wollescote. He was an early volunteer for the Worcesters and served in the 9th (Service) Battalion. They spent the next few months in training and were then sent out to Gallipoli to break the stalemate on the peninsula. They landed at Suvla Bay on the 6th August. There was little opposition on the beaches but PrIvate David Priest was killed in action on that day. He is commemorated on the Helles, Lye and Wollescote and Lye church Memorials.