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Gunner ROBERT PRESTON

Service Number: 1488553
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

104 Bty., 19 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 30 March 1940

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY

Coll. grave D.71.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Preston, of Kirkcudbright; husband of Janet Preston.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SECOND SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY PRESTON, BOMBIE DAIRY, KIRKCUDBRIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 309
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