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Lance Bombardier JOHN FREEMAN PRESTON

Service Number: 775809
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 310th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XIII. A. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and S. Preston, of Mount Royal, Horsforth, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS SLEEPING IN THE LOVING CARE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1624
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