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Signalman WILLIAM PRESTON

Service Number: 3456546
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

6th Airborne Div. Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

10. H. 15.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Phoebe Walker Preston, of Salterbeck, Workington, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription A BEAUTIFUL SMILE, A HEART OF GOLD, THE DEAREST SON THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Berlin Germany
Number of casualties: 3864
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