READ, Frederick Arthur

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli TurkeyCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Frederick was born 1896 in Newport to George & Fanny Jane (nee SPANNER) READ who were living in South Street, Newport around the time of Frederick’s death.

Frederick, aged 19, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 12th of August 1915. His body was never found or identified & so Frederick is commemorated by the Commission upon the Helles Memorial to The Missing at Gallipoli in Turkey together with 20,962 of his First World War comrades.

Frederick is also remembered on the Newport Borough, Ryde & IW Rifles War Memorials. His brothers Charles & 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.