Benjamin Covelly Houghton Read

1877 - 1918  (40 years)

• Name	Benjamin Covelly Houghton Read
  Nickname	Harry
  Born	10 Dec 1877  [1]
  Gender	Male
  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   [1, 2]
  	Private Soldier, Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment, 2nd Battalion Regimental Number 72900 Awarded British War medal and Victory Medal 1919
  _UID	86FEE3EF4A104046A97367460E09B46E384B
  Died	19 Jan 1918	France
  Buried	Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai, France
  Person ID	I74	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Levi William Read
  Mother	Sarah Hannah Bedingham
  _UID	9140667661841A49B4E09E5ABB4A42A66E59
  Family ID	F145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith (Ede) Hovey,   b. Abt 1881, Deptford, Kent, England, UK
  Married	24 Oct 1908	St. Stephen's Church, Lewisham, London Se
  _UID	283731C621E8B948A31454DC836170F38EA5
  Children	+ 1. William George Houghton Read,   b. 15 Aug 1909,   d. 23 Dec 1989  (Age 80 years) + 2. Freda Marjory Read
  Family ID	F144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] Benjamin Read Military, Soldiers Who Died in the Great War. [S32] 1919 Read Medals.