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Private SAMUEL PRESTON

Service Number: 4198101
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRKENHEAD (LANDICAN) CEMETERY

C. of E. Sec. 2. Grave 199.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Maud Preston; husband of Irene May Preston, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription THREE LITTLE WORDS "FORGET ME NOT" LOVING WIFE AND BABIES IRENE, JOAN AND SAM
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRKENHEAD (LANDICAN) CEMETERY
Cheshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 139
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