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Private WALTER PRESTON

Service Number: 204570
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY

V. J. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emma Preston, of Batley; husband of Rachel Grey (formerly Preston), of 7 Back, Richmond St., Cross Bank, Batley.
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Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 852
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