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Private WILLIAM ALBERT PREEN

Service Number: 14349303
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William J. and Ada Preen, of Clayton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription "I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS: I WILL COME TO YOU." MAM, DAD, AND BROTHER HOWARD
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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