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Private ALEXANDER PRESTON

Service Number: 2759269
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

6. C. 8.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Preston, of Possilpark, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW GENTLY HERE WHERE LIES THE SON WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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