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Lance Corporal GEORGE CHARLES READ

Service Number: 5777205
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

2. M. 56.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Husband of Lilian Read, of King's Lynn, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription TIME MAY PASS BUT MEMORIES LIVE FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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