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Private A PRESTON

Service Number: 30246
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

III. N. 5.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Martha Preston, of 4, Loxley St., Bradford Rd. West, Batley, Yorks, and the late Frank Preston.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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