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Sapper JOHN ALBERT JAMES READ

Service Number: 2133325
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

89 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 November 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

6. G. 5.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Lizzie Maria Read, of Fulham, London; husband of Winifred Laura Read. of Fulham.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED BY ALL. HE LEFT US AS HE LIVED, A VERY GALLANT AND TRUE COMRADE
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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