Captain Archibald Bertram Priestley of the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment died of wounds on the 12th September 1914. He had certainly served with the Dorsets since at least 1911 as he appears on the 1911 census with his regiment in Dorchester. He is noted as a 28 year-old lieutenant; single and born in London.
Captain Priestley's medal index card notes that he arrived in France on the 22nd August 1914. He was married by this stage and his widow would later (November 1917) apply for his 1914 Star. Three addresses are given on the reverse of the medal index card. The first of these is 7 Nelson Gardens, Stoke, Devonport. Mrs Priestley's address is noted as Cowslip Cottage, Mickleham, Surrey, and the medals were finally sent to 26 Edith Road, West Kensington, London W14. Archibald Priestley is one of 31 Commonwealth casualties buried in Coulommiers Communal Cemetery.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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