Introduction As Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Regiment, H.R.H. the Duke of York KG, GCVO, CD, ADC, presented the Queen’s Colour and the Regimental Colour to both the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment at the Titanic Slipway, Belfast, on Saturday, 22 September, 2018. The Duke of …
Lt Col Eyre Evans Preston O.B.E. 1872-1937 his is a continuation of the Preston story posted last month and is about the older brother of Lt Col William John Phaelim. Eyre Evans was born to Surgeon General Alexander Francis and Elizabeth Agabeg Preston in 1872. His father was posted in …
Lt Col William John Phaelim Preston D.S.O., O.B.E. – 1873-1943 I was attracted to the grave of Rev Decimus William Preston by the inscription at the very bottom, referring to his grandson, William John Phaelim, who had been in the Indian Army
