Remembrance Day: Winckley Square to honour Preston WWI hero

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Preston City Council and the Friends of Winckley Square will honour a WWI soldier on Preston’s Roll of Honour in the run-up to Remembrance Day. Private Joseph Lee Lynch, a […]

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