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Private ERNEST JAMES PRESTON

Service Number: G/20007
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XI. H. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Preston, of Kirkby Mallory, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST IN PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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