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(British Army) First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916 - 1914-15 Star of Lance Corporal Walter Read, 1838, 16th Bn., Middlesex Regiment
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(British Army) First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916 – 1914-15 Star of Lance Corporal Walter Read, 1838, 16th Bn., Middlesex Regiment

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(British Army) First Day of the Somme 1 July 1916 – 1914-15 Star

Named to Lance Corporal Walter Read, service number 1838, 16th Bn., Middlesex Regiment.

Died 01 July 1916 at the First Day of the Somme.

Lance Corporal Walter Read is buried at the Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.1 in Auchonvillers. Buried at section A.46.

-> https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/613265/walter-read/

The 1914-15 Star is on the reverse engraved with Pte W. Read, Middx. R., and servicenumber PS-1838.

The medal comes with several pages of research.

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Background:

The First Day of the Battle of the Somme was to be the first mass offensive mounted by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the first battle to involve a large number of New Army divisions, many composed of Pals battalions that had formed after Kitchener’s call for volunteers in August 1914. In total this day 57,470 casualties suffered by the British, including 19,240 killed, which were the worst in the history of the British Army.

More background:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_day_on_the_Somme

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme

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