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Private GEORGE WILLIAM STANLEY READ

Service Number: 1015
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

1st/7th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

III. N. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Job and Florence L. Read, of 8, Cleveland Rd., St. Judes, Plymouth.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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