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Preston Grange
1889-1918
Preston Grange was born on July 17th 1889 and raised in Barriefield Ontario Canada. He was the son of George William Grange and Jennie Grange who lived at 201 Murray St, Peterborough Ontario, Canada. Grange lived at 540 Charlotte St, Peterborough, Ontario as an adult. He was not married, and had no children. Grange was 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 140 pounds. He had grey eyes with dark brown hair. Granges religious beliefs were Presbyterian.
At the age of 26 Preston enlisted into the 59th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the 24th of August 1915. His regimental number was 455510. His unit number was 235. Grange was insured by Metropolitan Life. As of his death he was not married. Grange served in the C.E.F for approximately three years until dying of influenza at the age of 29 on October 30th 1918. Grange died at the hospital of Bramshott in Hampshire England. He was buried in Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough Ontario.
After basic training in Canada, Preston embarked for Britain on August 24th 1915. Where he completed his training before being deployed.
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The 59th Battalion, Ontario, CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 59th Battalion was authorized on 20th of April 1915 and embarked for Britain on 1st of April 1916. It provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until july 6th 1916, when its personnel were absorbed by the 39th Battalion, CEF. The battalion was disbanded on 21 May 1917. The 59th Battalion recruited in Eastern Ontario and Hull, Quebec and was mobilized at Barriefield Ontario.
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Preston's religious beliefs were Presbyterianism which is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to the British Isles, particularly Scotland.
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Preston was born in Barriefeild Ontario which is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River. The city is located midway between Toronto and Montreal.
Picture of Barriefeild Ontario
Photo of the 59th Battalion members
59th Battalion medallion
These are guns that Preston Grange likely would have equipped within his time serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Preston Granges Attestation papers.
Canadian Expeditionary Force
War Poem
The Soldier, by Rupert Brooke
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England’s, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by the suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
War Art
Canadians at Ypres by William Barnes-Wollen (1915)
Winning the Military Cross during the Battle of the Somme (Right) by Stanley Llewelyn Wood (Both 1916)
Letters
An example of a letter written home from Preston to his mother
By: Isaac Gillam
An example of a letter written from Preston's mother to him.
By: Isaac Gillam
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Or listen to the audio of the letter here:
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Preston Grange was buried at Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough, Ontario. He was buried in Grave 4, Lot 13. Range 11. Section E.