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Ordinary Seaman HAROLD PRESTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Portsea (Hull)

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

XI. E. 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Annie Preston, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED EVER IN THOUGHT AND LONGED FOR ALWAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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