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Corporal CHARLES MAURICE AKERS READ

Service Number: 6897210
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th (2nd Bn. The Queen's Westminsters) Bn

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XV. J. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charlie Johnson Read and Evelyn Read; husband of Marjorie Read, of Forest Hill, London.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP IN PEACE WITH KINDRED ASHES "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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