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Private WILLIAM WALTER JAMES READ

Service Number: G/17634
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 February 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

I. L. 43.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Emma Read, of 151, Silver St., Edmonton, London.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2001
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