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Lance Corporal RICHARD PRESTON

Service Number: 10387
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XII. C. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Hannah Preston, of 40, Riley St., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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