READ, Charles Henry

Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, FranceCredit: CWGC

Private
1st Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Charles was born 1895 in Newport to James George & Ellen (nee MCDONALD) READ. In 1901 the family were livening at The Globe Inn, 167 High Street in Newport, by 1911 Charles was living at 3 Woodacott Terrace, Barton Road also in Newport.

Charles, aged 20, was reported to have Died of Wounds on the 30th of April 1915, & is buried in the Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery in France beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 876 of his First World War comrades, 17 of whom remain unidentified.

Charles 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.