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Military service
Service number:
790247
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
December 15, 1885
Badgeworth, Gloucestershire, England
Enlistment:
December 20, 1915
New Westminster, British Columbia
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Tom and Elizabeth Read of Gloucestershire, England.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Hubert Read
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Photo of Francis Hubert Read
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cenotaph
Cenotaph at Ft. Langley, British Columbia -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
Source: Library and Archives of Canada -
Attestation Papers
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
War Memorial
Cheltenham, Gloucetershire UK War Memorial where Francis Read is commemorated -
Inscription
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. UK War Memorial where Francis Read is commemorated -
Memorial
Cenotaph is located in Fort Langley, British Columbia
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Hubert Read
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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