READ Frank

  • First Name(s):
    Frank 
  • Surname:
    READ
  • Service Number:
    27187
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XXVII. D. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Belbroughton, Worcestershire, resident Halesowen, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

READ Frank Is Named On These Memorials

Belbroughton Holy Trinity Church

Further Information About READ Frank

Reports on Private Frank Read appear in the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 3rd February 1917 and 10th February 1917:

Frank Read of Belbroughton, Worcestershire Regiment.  Killed in action on 19th January, aged 22.  The son of Mr and Mrs Charles Read he joined the Worcesters about a year ago.  The Reads have three sons on active service.  The report includes a photograph of Private Frank Read.

A photograph of Private F. Read of Belbroughton can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th February 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives. The supplement has photographs of his two brothers.

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Credits: Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.