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Serjeant JOHN CALVERT PRESTON

Service Number: 203423
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

XIV. C. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Preston; husband of Florrie Preston, of 50, Crosby St., Stockport. Joined the 6th Bn. Cheshire Regt. 1st Sept., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription A GOOD LIFE NOBLY GIVEN
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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