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Lance Corporal WILLIAM CHARLES (BILL) READ

Service Number: 4618086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 February 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MITCHAM (LONDON ROAD) CEMETERY

Plot 14. Grave 8212.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Edwin and Catherine Magdalene Read, of Tooting.
  • Personal Inscription "OUR BILL" BUT TEARS WILL NOT BRING BACK THE FLOWERS OF YOUTH AND LIFE
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