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Private BENJAMIN HENRY READ

Service Number: 5627017
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

X. F. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bernard William and Martha Southwick Read, of Plaistow, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription TO BE WITH US IN THE SAME OLD WAY WOULD BE OUR DEAREST WISH TODAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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