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Private FRED PRESTON

Service Number: 42949
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of John and Emily Preston, of 783, Kiln Terrace, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE RICHEST GIFT HE HAD HIS DEAR LIFE IN THE BATTLE
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Buried or commemorated at

NAVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 444
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