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Rfmn. Albert Edward Read
British Army 8th Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Stratford
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Albert Read enlisted on the 9th of November 1914 and embarked from on the Folkestone 20th of August 1915 with the 4th Reinforcement for France.
He joined his Battalion on the 22nd or 23rd of August 1916 and was killed in action on the 15th of September 1916 at Delville Wood in the Battle of Flers Courcelette.
He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.