228333 Stephen Edward Thomas PRESTON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards

Personal Number: 228333
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Name: Stephen Edward Thomas PRESTON
Unit: Irish Guards

London Gazette : 20 March 1942
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The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts.:—
7th Mar. 1942:—
Stephen Edward Thomas PRESTON (228333).
I. G'ds.
Lt. The Hon. S. E. T. Preston (228333) (killed in action).

London Gazette : 11 January 1945
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Mentioned in Despatches
I. G'ds.
Lt. The Hon. S. E. T. Preston (228333) (killed in action).

 

Casualty

Lieutenant PRESTON, THE HON. STEPHEN EDWARD THOMAS
Service Number 228338
Died 30/01/1944
Aged 23
1st Bn. Irish Guards
Son of Jenico Edward Joseph Preston, 15th Viscount Gormanston, and of Eileen, Viscountess Gormanston, of Gormanston Castle, Co. Meath, Irish Republic.
INSCRIPTION: DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY
Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
Location: Italy
Cemetery/memorial reference: III, K, 2.
See cemetery plan

 

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