Catalogue description Preston Harold Cpl 60388

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Surname: Preston;

Forename(s): Harold;

Initials: H;

Number: 60388;

Rank: Cpl;

Born in: Sileby, Leics;

Enlisted in: Leicester;

Resided in: Sileby;

Previous Number: 3361;

Previous Regiment: Leics Yeo;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 166 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 166 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 42 Bn;

How killed: DOW;

Where: UK;

When killed: 04-May-1918;

Other Data: War Office Weekly Casualty lists 28/8/1917MDocument FMP - list of casualties 19/4/1918: admitted, wounded 6/4/1918 42 Bn

Roll of Honour (de Ruvigny) Vol II, Sect 2, p 161: younger son of the late Job Preston of Sileby. Born Sileby 14/10/1891;educ National School there; joined Leics Yeo 13/5/15 served and badly gassed at Ypres 19/7/16 & invalided home. On recovery app. MG instructor. Vol for foreign service & ret F&F 15/12/16 and died at 21 Southern Gen Hosp, B'ham 4/5/18 of wounds rec in action on 5/4/18. Unmarried.;

Other Notes: PRESTON, Corporal, HAROLD, 60388. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of wounds 4th May 1918. Age 26. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Job Preston, of 5, Cossington Rd., Sileby. A. "C." 28. Sileby Cemetery - Leicestershire, United Kingdom.;

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