On 28 May 1916, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service.
Preston was never able to tell his story as he died while training with the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915.
He loved the sea, for which reason no doubt the first war saw him in the Royal Naval Air Service.
It was sold to the Royal Naval Air Service in 1914.
He transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service the following year.
He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915 when he was 17 years old.
The company had a number of contracts to build aircraft for the Royal Naval Air Service.
Royal Naval Air Service, two ordered but only one built.
In this role he oversaw the creation of the Royal Naval Air Service.
He later transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917.