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Sapper WILLIAM LEONARD PRESTON

Service Number: 41222
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

70th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

V. A. 76.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter David James and Marion Ada Preston, of 99, Cross Lane, Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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