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|Surname and forenames=Reade Reginald Ronald
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|Army number=5260961.
 
|Rank=Sapper
 
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|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
 
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
 
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
 
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
 
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
 
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.  Served Normandy.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Worcestershire Regiment - date not yet ascertained.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers.  Posted to the 294th Field Company.  Served Normandy.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon.
 
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Served in No. 3 Platoon.
 
|Task or role=Details awaited.
 
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|Home address=18, Meldrum Road, Stockingford, Nuneaton.  
 
|Home address=18, Meldrum Road, Stockingford, Nuneaton.  
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Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
 
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
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We are grateful to the Sapper's great-niece for additional information about him, and for the photographs.

Revision as of 10:47, 24 December 2024

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Name Reade Reginald Ronald
Army number 5260961.
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Not yet ascertained.
Age (At time of death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Worcestershire Regiment - date not yet ascertained. Transferred to the Royal Engineers. Posted to the 294th Field Company. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Served in No. 3 Platoon.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet ascertained.
Home address 18, Meldrum Road, Stockingford, Nuneaton.
Source table

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.

We are grateful to the Sapper's great-niece for additional information about him, and for the photographs.