In memory of

Trooper

Lee Irwin Preston

who died on 11 Jun 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit 1st Hussars
  Rank Trooper
  Service number B61456
  Date of death 19440611
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  B61456 Trooper (1st Hussars) Lee Irwin Preston (b.1913) of Val-d'Or, MRC de Vallée-de-l'Or, Québec, was KIA 19440611 and is buried at Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery near Reviers, Calvados, France. Preston's Sherman tank was set ablaze and he was taken prisoner near Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse. He was among the 17 unarmed Saskatchewan POWs executed in cold blood by the 12th SS Panzer Division, see the note on The Hitler Youth following DT Moloney in Age Shall Not Weary Them. Lee was born at Greenway, Manitoba, and was working as a miner near Val-d'Or when he travelled to Toronto, Ontario, to enlist in 1941.

Brother of DP Preston. They were the only sons of John Roy and Maude Carrie (Irwin) Preston who came from Belt, Cascade Co., Montana, to homestead NW30-14-26-W3 east of Golden Prairie in 1912.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 141 - Big Stick
  Cemetery or memorial location Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Geo-memorial Preston Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.3167°N / 103.05°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63M6
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Pelican Narrows.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19130122
  Place of birth Greenway, Manitoba    
  Date of enlistment 19410512
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Val-d'Or, MRC de Vallée-de-l'Or, Québec    
  Occupation miner
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