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Captain JAMES WILLIAM PREECE

Service Number: 247194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

I, A, 1.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ettie Preece; husband of Alice Elizabeth Preece. B.Pharm., Ph.C.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAREST HUSBAND BILL WHO LOVED ENGLAND AND HONOUR MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF. BETTY
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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