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Gunner SAMUEL JOHN READ

Service Number: 14320803
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

4 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

1. D. 18.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Ernest and Margaret A. Read, of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU SMILING. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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