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Craftsman THOMAS PRESTON

Service Number: 19081981
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1947

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

13. C. 10.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Preston, of Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM"
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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