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228333 Stephen Edward Thomas PRESTON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards

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

    London Gazette : 20 March 1942
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35493/supplement/1268/data.pdf
    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
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36886/supplement/325/data.pdf
    Mentioned in Despatches
    I. G'ds.
    Lt. The Hon. S. E. T. Preston (228333) (killed in action).
     
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    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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