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Private HARRY VINCENT READ

Service Number: 5385854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 January 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave I, L, 5-7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Ellen F. Read; husband of Julia Read, of Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS OWN UNFINISHED LIFE

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Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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