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Private FRANK PRESTON

Service Number: 5228
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

VII. C. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Preston, of 13, Pound Lane, Christchurch, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR AND ONLY SON FRANK
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Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2280
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