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Private LESLIE DAVID PRESTON

Service Number: 14316611
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

16A. G. 24.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Lily Preston, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HEAVEN'S WINGS BLOW GENTLY O'ER THIS SACRED SPOT WHERE OUR DEAR SON LIES
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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