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Private GEORGE GIBBS PRESTON

Service Number: 313078
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

6th/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

C. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly (517034) London Regiment (London Scottish)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Frederick and Priscilla Preston, of 133, Francis Avenue, Southsea, Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE AND YOUTH HE GAVE ALL IN SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 114
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