Antony Read
Sir Antony Read | |
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| Born | 10 September 1913 |
Second World War
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Military career
Born on 10 September 1913 in
Gold Coast Regiment, part of the Royal West African Frontier Force, in 1936.[1] He saw active service in the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) during the campaign against the Italians in East Africa in 1941.[1] He became commanding officer (CO) of the Reconnaissance Regiment of the 81st (West Africa) Division in 1943.[1] In 1944 he took command of 1 Gambia Regiment that was deployed to the Arakan in Burma: he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his service in Burma in March 1945.[1]
Read became Deputy Assistant Military Secretary at the
Quartermaster General at 11 Armoured Division from 1953.[1] Read became Commanding Officer of the 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Osnabrück in 1955.[1] The Regiment then deployed to Cyprus for a tour from 1956 to 1959.[1]
In 1957 Read was promoted to
Quartermaster General at the Ministry of Defence and in 1966 he became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command.[1] Read was appointed Quartermaster General in 1969 and served to 1973. He was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1973.[1]
Read was
Read was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1959.[3]
Retirement
Read was Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1975[4] to 1981.[5] He lived in Caversfield, near Bicester in Oxfordshire where Oxfordshire (RGJ) Battalion Army Cadet Force located and named their Cadet Training Center 'Read House' in his honour.
Read married Sheila Morris in 1947 with whom he was to have three daughters. Read died on 22 September 2000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Obituary: General Sir Anthony Read Daily Telegraph, 27 September 2000
- ^ "No. 34020". The London Gazette. 2 February 1934. p. 754.
- ^ a b c d Who Was Who Volume X 1996–2000 (2001)
- ^ "No. 46651". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 1975. p. 9952.
- ^ "No. 48710". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 August 1981. p. 10650.
External links
- "General Sir Antony Read". The Times. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 15 October 2009.