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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 407

Denbighshire Yeomanry

Three: Acting Sergeant R. Read, D.C.M., 24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Denbighshire Yeomanry), late 1/1st Welsh Horse, who was killed in action in the battle of Beersheba on 31 October 1917

1914-15 Star (78 L. Cpl. R. Read, Welsh R.(sic)); British War and Victory Medals (78 A. Sjt. R. Read, Welsh H.), good very fine (3)

Robert Read, a native of Blaengwynfi, first saw action as an Acting Lance-Corporal in the 1/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry in Gallipoli, arriving in that theatre of operations on 8 October 1915.

He subsequently transferred to the 24th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, and was awarded the D.C.M. for gallant deeds in Palestine:

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a raid. Though he was wounded, he went to the assistance of a wounded officer, and showed great determination and self-sacrifice' (London Gazette 18 February 1918, refers).

Read was killed in action in the battle of Beersheba on 31 October 1917, when the Battalion suffered 26 men killed and a further five officers and 132 men wounded. Aged 38, he was husband of Elizabeth Read of 42 Jersey Road, Blaengwynfi, Port Talbot, and is buried in Beersheba War Cemetery.


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