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Guardsman WILLIAM HENRY READING

Service Number: 2666574
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOOK WAR CEMETERY

I. D. 19.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Mary Ellen Reading, of Hockley, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS UNFINISHED LIFE. REMEMBERED BY ALL. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

MOOK WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 322
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