READ, Percy William

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, BelgiumCredit: Unknown

Private
1st Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Percy was born 1886 in Newport to George & Fanny (nee SPANNER) READ of 75 South Street, Newport. He married Lucy NEW in 1916 at the Newport Registry Office & lived at 11 Royal Exchange in Newport.

Percy, aged 29, died from Gas Poisoning on the 9th of August 1916 & is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription, chosen by his wife Lucy: “THY WILL BE DONE”. Percy rests alongside nearly 10,000 of his First World War comrades, 24 of whom remain unidentified.

Percy is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

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.