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Driver JOHN PRESTON

Service Number: 2142407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

237 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1943

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. H. 28.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Ann Preston; husband of Edith Alice Preston, of Ardwick, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription O FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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