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VC660 Anketell Moutray Read
BORN 27 October 1884
DIED 25 September 1915 AGE 30
VC Won 25 September 1915 AGE 30
Place VC Won Lone Tree, Hulloch, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Anketell Moutray Read No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 660 Awards VC
Regiment Northamptonshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Place Of Death
Buried/Location Ashes Dud Corner British Cemetery, 1km west of Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 7, Row F, Grave 19
Gazetted 18 November 1915
VC Presented 29 November 1916, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Dud Corner British Cemetery, 1km west of Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
P Plaque in Bampton Church, Devon
P Named on Cheltenham War Memorial, Promenade (outside Municipal Offices), Gloucestershire
P Named on War Memorial, Wicklow Parish Church, Co Wicklow, Eire
P Named on Regimental Memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Blue plaque, Beaumont House Hotel, Shurdington Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, The Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
By The Way…
During his army career he was an army heavyweight boxing champion
VC Held By
Northamptonshire Regiment, Abington Park Museum, Abington, Northampton, England