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Sapper HENRY PRESCOTT

Service Number: 14274653
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY

Sec. Y. C. of E. Grave 1208.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Hannah Prescott; husband of Elizabeth Prescott, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRY ONE OF THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 269
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