Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (1393 Gunner H. Read ‘B. By. R.H.A.) nearly extremely fine £200-£240

Herbert Read was born in Catton, near Norwich, in 1887. He attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 14 December 1893, and was initially posted as Gunner to the 1st Field Artillery Battery, transferring to 41st Battery on 21 February 1894. Sent to the Royal Horse Artillery not long thereafter, Read joined “P” Battery and then witnessed service in India with “N” Battery. Transferred further to “D” Battery and then “B” Battery, Read was deployed with the latter as part of the international force designed to quell the Boxer uprising in China. Believed to be the only Horse Artillery unit to be deployed for this purpose, Read witnessed further service in India before returning home to Norwich.

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