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Military service
Service number:
B/61456
Age:
33
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armoured Regt.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 10.
Additional information
Son of John Roy and Carrie Maud Preston, of Golden Prairie, Saskatchewan. Brother of Sergeant David Porter Preston, Regina Rifles Regiment, killed in action 30 April 1945.
The Province of Saskatchewan honoured Trooper Lee Irwin Preston by adding his name to the records for Preston Lake - which was named for his brother Sergeant David Porter Preston.
Digital gallery of Trooper Lee Irwin Preston
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lee Irwin Preston
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lee Irwin Preston
Digital gallery of
Trooper Lee Irwin Preston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 420 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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