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Sir Antony Read
Born(1913-09-10)10 September 1913
London, England
Died22 September 2000(2000-09-22) (aged 87)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1934–1974
RankGeneral
Service number62631
UnitOxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Commands heldRoyal College of Defence Studies
Western Command
50th (Northumbrian) Division/District
3rd Infantry Brigade
1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1 Gambia Regiment
Battles/warsSecond World War
Cyprus Emergency
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

General Sir John Antony Jervis Read, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC (10 September 1913 – 22 September 2000) was a senior British Army officer who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1969 to 1973. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for gallantry during the campaign against the Italian Army in East Africa in 1941 and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his leadership and gallantry whilst in command of 1 Gambia Regiment in Burma in March 1945, during the Second World War.

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