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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY PREEN

Service Number: 42830
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

IX. B 34/38.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Amelia Preen, of Woodlesford; husband of Frances Hannah Preen, of Gillett Lane, Rothwell, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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