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Serjeant JOSEPH JAMES PREEN

Service Number: 6396008
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 December 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

1. C. 24.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mabel Preen; husband of E. M. Preen, of Glyn Dyfrdwy, Merionethshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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