Benjamin Covelly Houghton Read

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• Occupation: 1915; Harness Maker
• Occupation: 1916; Private Soldier, London Regt. No. 354950
• Occupation: 1918; Leather business
• Residence: 1918, 25 Vicarage Road, Hastings, Kent; From Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.
• Occupation: 19 Jan 1918, Flanders, France; Private Soldier, Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment, 2nd Battalion Regimental Number 72900 Awarded British War medal and Victory Medal 1919

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He was a leather worker with a "good little business".

Volunteered in 1915 but took nearly a year to finish his government
sub-contract. He finally joined up in May 1916, serving with the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). He was killed on 19th
January 1918.

He is buried at D20, Beaumetz Cross Roads War Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai.

Benjamin married Edith (Ede) Hovey on 24 Oct 1908 in St. Stephen's Church, Lewisham, London Se. Edith (daughter of Henry William Hovey and Martha Sophia (Eleanor) Hyam) was born about 1881 in Deptford, Kent, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William George Houghton Read was born on 15 Aug 1909; died on 23 Dec 1989.
2. Freda Marjory Read

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Levi married Sarah Hannah Bedingham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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