Anketell Moutray Read blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Captain Anketell Moutray Read, V.C. Northamptonshire Regiment 1884-1915 Born in this house on 27 October 1884 For conspicuous bravery during the attack near Hulluch France on 25 September 1915 when he was killed in action Recorded plaque organisation: Cheltenham Civic Society.

Captain Anketell Moutray Read of the Northamptonshire Regiment received a posthumous Victoria Cross for his conspicuous bravery during an attack near Hulluch, France, on 25 September 1915. His valor and sacrifice are remembered as exemplary of the World War I era.