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Military service
Service number:
33076
Age:
30
Rank:
Wing Commander
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
218 (Gold Coast) Squadron
Death:
October 1, 1942
Jutland, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
AIII. 9. 21.
Additional information
Son of George Baldwin and Gwendoline Read, of Hull, Quebec. Husband of Nodja Ruby Read.
Digital gallery of Wing Commander Montagu Francis Baldwin Read
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Photo of Montagu Francis Baldwin Read
Wing Commander Montagu Francis Baldwin Read. Commanding Officer 218 Gold Squadron, Downham Market, Norfolk, England from September 2, 1942 to October, 1942. -
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander Montagu Francis Baldwin Read is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander Montagu Francis Baldwin Read is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 606 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY Denmark
Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.
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