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Charles Maurice Akers C M A Read, Corporal served with King's Royal Rifle Corps, 12th (2nd Bn. The Queen's Westminsters) Bn.
Service number: '6897210'. Date of death: 1944-08-11. Age: 26. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XV. J. 20..
SON OF CHARLIE JOHNSON READ AND EVELYN READ; HUSBAND OF MARJORIE READ, OF FOREST HILL, LONDON.
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