Herbert Taylor Reade
Born 2 Sep 1828 at West Perth Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Died 23 Jun 1897 (aged 68) at Bath Somerset
At rest in Locksbrook Cemetery Lower Weston, Somerset
He was 28 years old, and a Surgeon in the 61st Regiment (later The Gloucestershire Regiment), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place during the Siege of Delhi for which he was awarded the VC
London Gazette dated 5 February 1861.
War Office, February 5, 1861.
THE Queen has been graciously pleased to signify Her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned Officer of Her Majesty's Army, whose claim to the same has been submitted for Her Majesty's approved.
Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, 61st Regiment
Date of Acts of Bravery, September 14th and 16th, 1857
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
London Gazette dated 3 November 1857
Hospital Staff
Assistant-Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, from the 61st Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice 'Nicholson, appointed to the
9th Foot. Dated 3rd November, 1857.
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