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Serjeant GEORGE HAROLD PREECE

Service Number: 6359
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. B. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of S. A. Preece, of 40, Nelson St., Hightown, Wrexham, and the late Pte. George Preece (Royal Welch Fusiliers).
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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