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Name:

William READER

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

30525

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

West Auckland, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

15th Bn Durham Light Infantry.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

York, Yorkshire.

Place of Residence:

Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

Fell View, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Emma Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Monday 22nd October 1917

Place of Death:

Belgium.

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Emma Colliery Memorial, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Crawcrook Primitive Methodist Centenary Church, Roll of Honour.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Husband of Mrs Reader, of Fell View, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Two Children. Parents, brothers and sisters.

Notes :

William's name is recorded in the Register of Workmen, Emma Colliery, 1913-1956, but gives no details regarding his date at starting, date of birth, occupation in the pit.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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