The story of Helena Mary Best nee Preston. Cross Reference with Charles Frederick Best

Helena Mary Preston was born on 10th April 1910 at 70 Chaucer Road, Gillingham, Kent. She was one of two children and her parents were Herbert Edwin Preston, a Sergeant in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and Helena Preston, her brother was Herbert Edwin Ronald Preston, known as Ronnie. She moved to Eastbourne in circa 1920 when her Father became a Coastguard Officer, they lived at the Coastguard Station, Latimer Road, Eastbourne. She was educated locally and acquired two nicknames that stayed with her all of her life, the first 'PUCK' as she appeared in a school performance of A Midsummer Nigh... Mehr ...