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Private JOHN HENRY READ

Service Number: 26728
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

12.F.27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Read, of Blandford Dorsetshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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