ARTHUR GEORGE HENRY READ

IPSWICH WAR MEMORIAL | Posted on 15th May 2016 |

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Born: 1884, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Died: 24th June 1917; age 33; KiA.

Residence: 52, Ruskin Road, Ipswich.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 235058

Regiment: The Kings(Liverpool) Regiment, 5th Battalion.

Formerly 19850, Suffolk Regiment.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Grave Reference:

I.D.7.

Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery,

West -Vlaanderen,

Belgium.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Priscilla & the late Henry Read; husband of Ethel Elizabeth Read, of 52, Ruskin Road, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1891 6, St. John’s Terrace, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Arthur was 7 years old and living with his parents & brother.

Henry Read, 31, a Clerk & Book Keeper, born Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Priscilla Mary Read (nee Curtis), 32, born Woodbridge.

John Curtis Read, 1, born Woodbridge.

1901 St. John’s Terrace, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Arthur was 17 years old, a Compositor – Printer. He was living with his parents & brother.

Henry, 41, a Dealer in Earthenware – own account.

Priscilla, 41.

John, 11.

1911 3, St. John’s Terrace, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Arthur was 27 years old, a Printer’s Compositor. He was living with his widowed, maternal grandmother & brother.

Emma Curtis, 80, living on Private Means, born Bramford, Suffolk.

John, 21, a Carpenter.

On the 16th November 1865, Arthur’s father, Henry Read, aged 5 was received by the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children, New South Wales, from his mother.

In 1916, Ipswich, Arthur married, Ethel Elizabeth Lucas, born September 1886, Theberton, Suffolk.