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Gunner WILLIAM PRESTWICH

Service Number: 14820279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

195 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1945

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW HEY (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD

North Plot. Row I. Grave 10.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Harriet Prestwich; husband of Gladys Prestwich, of New Hey.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW HEY (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 11
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