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Private WILLIAM RANKIN PRESTON

Service Number: 10272
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Panel 11.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jeanie R. Preston, of 114, Wellpark Terrace, Dennistoun, Glasgow.
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 54354
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