Herbert Taylor Reade VC CB (1828 - 1897)

Born 2 Sep 1828 in Perth, Lanark, Upper Canada

Died 23 Jun 1897 at age 68 in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Herbert Reade VC CB was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Herbert Reade VC CB was awarded the Companions of the Order of the Bath.

Herbert Reade VC CB is Notable.

Herbert Taylor Reade was born 2 Sep 1828 in West Perth Township, Perth, Ontario son of George Hume Reade

Herbert married ^1st Anne Mary Duhamel 29 April 1863 in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands ^[1]

Herbert married ^2ndCornelia Gertrude Scudamore 20 Oct 1885 in Colchester, Essex, England in 1885 ^[2]

Herbert passed away 23 June 1897 in Bath, Somerset, England ^[3] and is buried in Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England Find A Grave: Memorial #7830271

Notes

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Herbert Taylor Reade VC CB (20 September 1828, Perth, Upper Canada – 23 June 1897, Bath), was a Canadian born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious British honour. The award was for gallantry in the face of the enemy.[1]

Citation

During the siege of Delhi, on the 14th of September, 1857, while Surgeon Reade was attending to the wounded, at the end of one of the streets of the city, a party of rebels advanced from the direction of the Bank, and having established themselves in the houses in the street, commenced firing from the roofs. The wounded were thus in very great danger, and would have fallen into the hands of the enemy, had not Surgeon Reade drawn his sword, and calling upon the few soldiers who were near to follow, succeeded, under a very heavy fire, in dislodging the rebels from their position. Surgeon Reade’s party consisted of about ten in all, of whom two were killed, and five or six wounded. Surgeon Reade also accompanied the regiment at the assault of Delhi, and, on the morning of the 16th September, 1857, was one of the first up at the breach in the magazine, which was stormed by the 61st Regiment and Belooch Battalion, upon which occasion he, with a serjeant of the 61st Regiment, spiked one of the enemy’s guns.

The London Gazette of 5 February 1861, Numb. 22477, p. 449

Sources

1. ↑ Family Search
2. ↑ England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997
3. ↑ England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7830271/herbert-taylor-reade: accessed 27 December 2022), memorial page for Herbert Taylor Reade (2 Sep 1828–23 Jun 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7830271, citing Locksbrook Cemetery, Lower Weston, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.