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• Name READ
• Initials JA
• First name JOHN ARTHUR
• Place of birth Camberwell
• Country Surrey, England
• Last residence Ramsgate, Kent
• Family Son of Laura Maude Read, of "The Nile," 80, Dumpton Rd., Ramsgate, and Charles Ernest Read.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Ramsgate, Kent
• Service number G/1928
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 16th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 6th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 1 April 1915

Death

• Date of death 15 August 1915
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery III - D - 33A
• Related (battlefield) cemeteries for this unit & period POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY ; LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.1 ; LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.2 ; ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

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