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Sergeant ERIC RICHARD READ

Service Number: 1853103
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

626 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

IVa. E. 22.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Beatrice Maud Read, of Slough, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR LIBERTY, FOR FOLKS LIKE YOU AND ME
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Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1591
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