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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Bradford
• Land Yorkshire, England
• Family The only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Read, of 70, Tufton St., Silsden, Keighley, Yorks.
• Profession Employed at John Dixon and Sons, bobbin works, Steeton

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Silsden, Yorks
• Service number 12837
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 9th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
• Other data related to military career To France in July 1916

Death

• Wounded 19 December, hit in the back during the movement forward of his battalion
• Type of wounds Killed in action
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IV - A - 24A

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