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Gunner W PRESTON

Service Number: 184240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 47th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1919

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XII. B. 18.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Preston, of 30, Belmont Rd., St. Helier, Jersey.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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