Name
Harold Leslie Reading
1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/11/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
D Bty. 108th Army Bde.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CANADA FARM CEMETERY
III. F. 18.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
SO PASSED THE STRONG HEROIC SOUL AWAY
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham, Beckenham - (WW1 and WW2) Beckenham Greater London
Pre War
Harold Leslie Reading, born in 1898 to William Alfred Reading (Fish Merchant) and Harriet Eliza (nee Roberts) in Beckenham, Kent. He was educated at Aldenham School and attended London University.
Wartime Service
He joined Royal Field artillery from Officer Cadet Unit as Second Lieutenant on 6 May 1917. By 22 Aug 1917 he was with his unit in France and Flanders near Ypres. Killed in action on 19 Nov 1917.
Additional Information
His father, Mr. William of A. Reading, Douglas House, Beckenham, Kent ordered his headstone inscription: "SO PASSED THE STRONG HEROIC SOUL AWAY".
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
