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Name	Richard READ
Rank/Number	Company Sergeant Major   317
Regiment	Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry   1/1st Bucks Battalion
Enlisted	Buckingham
Age/Date of death	39      23 Jul 1916
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action   France & Flanders
Last known address	Nelson St, Buckingham
Cemetery	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Grave or Memorial Reference	Pier & Face 10A & 10D
Location of memorial	Buckingham St Peter & St Paul
Date/Place of birth	c1877      Brackley, Northants
Date/Place of baptism
Pre-war occupation of Casualty	employed at Milk Factory
Parents	Henry (late) & Sarah Ann Read
Parent's occupation	coach painter
Parents' Address (last known)	1891: 16 Nelson St, Buckingham
Wife	Eleanor F Read
Wife's Address (last known)	6 Nelson St, Buckingham
Notes	brother of Frederick Read. Served for 22 years in the Tirah, Punjab & SA Wars

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