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Private William Henry Preston

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Military service

Service number: 3080368
Age: 26
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth: September 26, 1892
Death: September 14, 1918

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: IV. D. 24.
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Son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Preston, of Portadown, Co. Armagh, Ireland.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 487 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.

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