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Social Security Death Indexes have a David Read born 6 May 1897 and died Jan. 1976, Newport News, Virginia which has a big shipbuilding base and is close to Portsmouth Naval Base.
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Futher update:
I downloaded the service record for David Lawrence Read. It is definately the person I was looking for. He joined the Royal Marines Band in 1913, survived the war and was discharged in 1919! The most interesting bit from my point of view was the note at the end telling them to send his final papers to the British Consulate in New York. So now I know where to continue the search and why I can't find him again in the UK.
Many thanks for the help that led me to this.
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Update
After Margaret's suggestion I tried to find out if either David had gone into the Navy. Looking on the National Archives site I found an entry for David Lawrence Read (ie David Junior) joining the Royal Marines Band in 1913. His birthdate looks right so I suspect it is him.
I'll probably fork out for the complete record just to be sure.
Thanks - I wouldn't have thought to look here!
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Thanks Margaret
Yes, it is possible. David senior was a carpenter by trade and lived in Blyth and Birkenhead as well as Carlisle. I think all 3 places were associated with ship building so he may well have been familar with ships and have gone into the Navy. (A cousin is listed as a ship's carpenter on one census)
Sorry to be slow but where on FMP did you find them? I can't find the section you mentioned.
I presume I'll need to order the certificates to find out more.
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Thanks Jim
I don't think this is either of them though I'll do a bit more checking. He's just a bit young for David senior. I can find a David Reed - Margaret Hill Forsyth marriage in Carlisle, Dec 1907 so I think that must be the chap you've found. My David senior was already married to Elizabeth Hughes at that point.
Thanks for looking.
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UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
about David Reed
Name: David Reed
Birth Place: Carlisle
Residence: Carlisle
Death Date: 21 Feb 1917
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment: Border Regiment
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Number: 11607
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Aldershot
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Name: REED, DAVID
Initials: D
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Border Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 21/02/1917
Service No: 11607
Additional information: Husband of Margaret Hill Reed, of 12, Monks Close Rd., Carlisle.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 27.
Cemetery: GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
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Hi
If anyone with access to Ancestry's miliary records can help me I'd be very grateful.
I'm trying to find out what happened to a father and son after 1911 and as I can't find any death records I suspect they will have served in WW1.
The father is David Read, a carpenter / joiner, born 1875 in Carlisle, parents Roger & Mary Anne Read.
Confusingly, the son is also David Read, sometimes David Lawrence Read. He was also born in Carlisle in 1897, parents David & Elizabeth Read.
(Just to make the whole thing even more difficult David senior has a cousin also called David Read, also born in 1875. He was a printer / lithographer and his parents were David & Elizabeth!)
Also, I've spelt the surname Read as this is the most common form for this family but in different places it appears as Reed and Reid.
I'd be interested to know whether either of them appears in any of the military records.
Many thanks,
Sarah
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