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Private WILLIAM ERNEST PRESTON

Service Number: 241401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

I. H. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Myra Preston, of 9, Silver St., King's Heath, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription WHO LIES BENEATH WILL NEVER FADE AWAY FATHER AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7137
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