2733019 Guardsman Ernest George READ, 2 Welsh Guards: Repatriated POW, 16/03/1945

Date of Enlistment: 1930
Army Number: 2733019 [2733091 as per WO 416]
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Ernest George READ
Unit: 2 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 17 September 1910
Place of Birth: Carmarthen

Date of Capture: 28 May 1940
Place of Capture: Calais, France

POW Number: 8382
POW Camps: Stalag XXA

 

The Coventry Evening Telegraph Monday 22nd May 1944


The Coventry Evening Telegraph Saturday 17th March 1945



His brothers-in-law:
The Midland Daily Telegraph Friday 8th August 1941


The Coventry Evening Telegraph Monday 14th May 1945

 

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Name: Ernest George Read . Date of Birth: 17/09/1910 . Place of Birth: Carmarthen . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/301/101
Name: Ernest George Read.
Date of Birth: 17/09/1910.
Place of Birth: Carmarthen.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: 2733091.
Date of Capture: 28/05/1940.
Theatre of Capture: Calais.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn Podgorz.
PoW number: 8382.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 7.

 

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GUARDSMAN ERNEST GEORGE READ
Service Number: 2733019
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Welsh Guards
Date of Death: 16 March 1945
Age 34 years old
Buried or commemorated at KERESLEY (ST. THOMAS) CHURCHYARD
Grave Reference: New Part. Row D. Grave 21.
Location: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Son of Arthur and Mary Helen Read; husband of Florence May Read, of Acton, Middlesex.
Personal Inscription: ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHERS-IN-LAW TOM, BILLY AND JOHN LENTON KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE



See also:

• 3 LENTON brothers and brother-in-law: 1940 & 1945