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Eric Samuel E S Preston, Lance Corporal served with Grenadier Guards, 2nd Bn..
Service number: '2616514'. Date of death: 1944-07-27. Age: 27. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference III. C. 18..
SON OF SAMUEL AND ALICE PRESTON; HUSBAND OF MARY CHRISTINA PRESTON, OF DARLINGTON, CO. DURHAM.
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