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Corporal Roy Preston

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Preston, Roy
Date of birth: 1885-09-07
Place of birth: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancashire England
Next of kin: Miss H. Preston, 982 5th Street, Sunnyside, Calgary
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1916-09-15
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 79699
Highest Rank: Corporal (31st Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Corporal, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in the advance from Pozieres to Courcelette during the Somme offensive.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1573218
LAC ID: 588925
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B7967-S055
Uploader's Notes:

Son of John E. Preston and Jane Arrundale Preston of Ashton-under-Lyne, England.

In the war diary this man is listed as the Armourer Corporal. The war diary reports him as missing on the day he was killed.

Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the war diary [Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion C ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-08