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Lance Corporal JAMES PREECE

Service Number: 57134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY

I. M. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Emily Preece, of High St., Walsall Wood, Walsall, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription THROUGH HONOUR'S GATE TO GLORY GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

LA VILLE-AUX-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 566
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