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Bombardier ALBERT EDWARD PRESTON

Service Number: 20761
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

49th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

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France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George and Ellen Preston, of Saltley, Birmingham; husband of Emma Christina Preston, of 85, Kinveachy Gardens, Old Charlton, London.
  • Personal Inscription A CLEAN & A NOBLE SOLDIER HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE ABIDE WITH ME
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CARNIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 54
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