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Pte. Thomas Preston

British Army 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Durham

(d.5th June 1917)

Thomas Preston was born in 1898 at Trimdon Foundry, Durham, one of 8 children of Thomas Preston, a coal miner, and Jemima Henderson. In 1911 the family were living at 7 Wynyard Street, Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Thomas aged 13 was a shoolboy.

He enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion. He was killed 5th June 1917 and is commemorated at the Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, France, and also on a Memorial Plaque in the Dawdon Miners Lodge.

His brother Simon was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. Simon is commemorated at The Thiepval Memorial and also on a Memorial Plaque in the Dawdon Miners Lodge.



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