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Private HAROLD WILLIAM READ

Service Number: 241197
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 49.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Alton Pancras, Dorset. Son of Henry Christopher and Jane Read, of Bryn Meryn, Park Wall, Gwersyllt, Wrexham, Denbighshire.
  • Personal Inscription SO HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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