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| Additional
Information: |
Son of Arthur James and Christina Maria Dundas Preston.
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| Cemetery: |
HESBECOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France |
| Grave Reference/Panel Number: |
9. |
| Location: |
Hesbecourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 3
kilometres east of the town of Roisel which is 10 kilometres east of
Peronne on the D6. The Cemetery lies within the Communal graveyard behind
the church.
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| Historical Information: |
The Communal Cemetery was used by German medical units, but the
graves of United Kingdom and Australian soldiers, buried by their
comrades, remain in it, in five groups. Those of two American and five
German soldiers have been removed. There are now over 10, 1914-18 war
casualties commemorated in this site. |