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Guardsman JOHN FRANK READ

Service Number: 2694015
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALIA CEMETERY

12. G. 29.

Algeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Annie M. Read, of Harrow, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALIA CEMETERY
Algeria
Number of casualties: 391
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