Reading Cemetery, England

Cemetery Details

Location Cnr London Road (A4) and Wokingham Road (A329), Reading, Berkshire - England, United Kingdom
Co‑ordinates N51.45295, W0.94812
Description

Location Information
This is at the junction of the road to London (A4) and to Wokingham (A423). It is the property of the Reading Cemetery Company, established under Act of Parliament in 1841.

History Information
The War Graves Plot is situated at the back of the cemetery, in the right hand corner from the entrance. A Screen Wall Memorial commemorates those buried in Plot 72 and those buried in other parts of the cemetery whose graves are not marked by headstones. There are 209 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 41 of the 1939-1945 war. There is also 1 Serbian burial.

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Names

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STEPHENSON, Edgar

Service number 2977
Private
38th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Aug 1893

MCKINLAY, Alan

Service number 577
Gunner
1st Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 30 Apr 1893

OUVRIER, Ernest

Service number 3064
Private
30th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Feb 1891

CASSIDY, John

Service number 4962
Private
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 3 Dec 1992

PHILLIPS, Albert Edward

Service number 417
Sergeant
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Mar 1884

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