The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Read

Private Henry READ, G/8649, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Persian Gulf, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 27th April 1916, age 36.

Born Deptford, SE, son of John Henry Read, of 11, Hamilton Place, Penge, London.

1st January 1903, Penge, Surrey, Henry Read, married Lydia Batchelor.

Children - Henry John Read, born 19th January 1904; Edith Lydia Mary Read, born 3rd February 1906; Stanley George Read, born 18th September 1907; Elizabeth Maud Read, born 27th October 1909.

1911 Census - 94 Upper Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent - Henry Read, head, age 30, married, general labourer, worker, born Deptford, Kent; Lydia Read, wife, age 29, married 8 years, 4 children, all still alive, born South Norwood, Surrey; Henry John Read, son, age 7, born Penge, Surrey; Edith Lydia Read, daughter, age 5, born Penge, Surrey; Stanley George Read, son, age 3, born Maidstone, Kent; Elizabeth Maud Read, daughter, age 1, born Maidstone, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Maidstone, Kent.

Buried at Basra War Cemetery, V. H. 10., Iraq.

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