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Private THOMAS PRESTON

Service Number: 2396
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. A. 73.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Preston, of Brow Side, Newton-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE HERE THY SERVANT SLEEPING

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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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