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Trooper LEONARD READ

Service Number: 7942109
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

7th Queen's Own Hussars

Date of Death

Died 15 January 1945

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY

I. E. 28.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Sarah Read, of Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND YOURSELF YOU SCORNED TO SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 990
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