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Private ANDREW PRESTON

Service Number: 26878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

IX. K. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Helen Preston, of 5, Hamilton St., Leith, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN JESUS REST IN PEACE AMEN
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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