A.+READ

Read, Arthur Edward, Private, 894, 1st/6th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Disembarked for service 28th February 1915 Born Matlock, Derbyshire Enlisted Matlock Resided Manchester, Lancashire Killed in action 29th July 1915 aged 25 Son of James D. Read, of 3, Miller Avenue, Toronto West, Ontario, and the late Sarah L. Read. Buried in Maple Copse Cemetery, Ypres, Special Memorial B, 18

1911 Census A cotton doubling mill doffer Lodging at the home of Hannah Elizabeth Sheldon, of 28, Cromford Hill, Cromford, Derbyshire



(Article from the Derbyshire Courier, 14th August 1915)


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