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Military service
Service number:
622142
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
January 8, 1890
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. K. 10.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Preece, of 867, Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg.
Digital gallery of Private William Preece
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Photo of William Preece
Pte William Preece, 622142 -
Newspaper clipping
From the book "Minningarrit íslenzkra hermanna 1914-1918" which tells the stories of the Canadian Icelandic soldiers of WW1. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private William Preece
Digital gallery of
Private William Preece
Digital gallery of
Private William Preece
Digital gallery of
Private William Preece
Digital gallery of
Private William Preece
Digital gallery of
Private William Preece
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 150 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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