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Private W J READ

Service Number: 26707
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TIGRIS LANE CEMETERY, WANCOURT

I. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Anna Read; husband of Johanna Read, of 32, Milton Green, Weston-super-Mare.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY FROM HIS DEAR WIFE AND CHILDREN GEORGE AND MARGARET R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

TIGRIS LANE CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 119
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