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on the Isle of Wight
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- Percy William Read -

Location

In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
 
Description

Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : VIII. D. 6.

Inscription


 
Further Information

Percy William Read

Son of George Read and Fanny Jane Read (née Spanner), of Newport, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1886, Newport, Isle of Wight.

Married : 1916, Lucy New, at Register Office, Newport, Isle of Wight. One daughter, Elsie Agnes, born 1916.

Census Information :

1891 : George and Fanny Read, with their children including Percy aged 4, are at 75 South Street, Newport. George Read is a Labourer at Pan Work[s].

1901 : George and Fanny Read, with their children including Percy aged 14, are at 75 South Street, Newport. George Read is a Labourer at Gas Works. Percy Read is an Errand Boy.

1911 : George and Fanny Read, with their children including Percy aged 24, are at 39 South Street, Newport. George Read is a Labourer at Gas Works. Percy Read is a Labourer at Brewery.

CWGC record ...
 
Commemorated on the following Isle of Wight Memorial(s) :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 11
Newport War Memorial
Newport St Paul's Church Parish War Memorial WW I

Further biographical information

 
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