READ, Charles

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Charles was born 1890 in Newport to George & Fanny Jane (nee SPANNER) READ who were living in South Street, Newport around the time of Charles’ death.

Charles, aged 25, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 6th of August 1915. His body was never found or identified & so Charles is commemorated by the Commission upon the Helles Memorial to The Missing at Gallipoli Turkey together with 20,962 of his First World War comrades.

Charles is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials. His brothers Frederick Arthur & Percy William also fell in The Great War.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.