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Craftsman WILLIAM PRESTON

Service Number: 10540139
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1944

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

B. B. 5.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry W. Preston and Annie Preston, of Ayr.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 887
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