| Name | Richard READ (d) |
| Rank/Number | Company Sergeant Major / 317 |
| Regiment/Unit | Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 1/1st Bucks Battalion |
| Enlisted | Buckingham |
| Age/Date of death | 39 / 23 Jul 1916 |
| How died/Theatre of war | Killed in action / France & Flanders |
| Residence at death | Nelson St, Buckingham |
| Cemetery | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
| Grave Reference | Pier & Face 10A & 10D |
| Location of memorial | Buckingham |
| Date/Place of birth | c1877 / Brackley, Northants |
| Date/Place of baptism | |
| Occupation of Casualty | employed at Milk Factory |
| Parents/Occupation | Henry (late) & Sarah Ann Read / coach painter |
| Parents' Address | 1891: 16 Nelson St, Buckingham |
| Wife | Eleanor F Read |
| Wife's Address | 6 Nelson St, Buckingham |
| Notes | brother of Frederick Read. Served for 22 years in the Tirah, Punjab & SA Wars |