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Berkshire ,Reg mcIlt 18 , mluntrumng
trlRiitimls of galla.ntryi on the bat-.
·Berk.hire 'IDW\ will read with ' ~
pride',of , th<): gallantry of Olle of
at the ffont;- who.lOllI his)ife by
re;",8,1D:lllg behind t,o speak WO~
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f( cheer
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is related by ,Troope P. Ryan,
Royal ' IriSh Drago i Guarll·;

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of the B erkBhi r ... got cut off ,
when he
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wae ,dying.
wOl.\ldn
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single-"a.nde4 the, .
in number. . I
in chf:\rge g~ve 1a . t.~oo.P
us .
PelrmiiSBion to run back t~ brmg li.1ID .
reached U,e ~roulld the!" <le."al'e.[1
goiie under, taking three
,Q,ilrrnal,s ·with ,bim.
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my own regimenttvbo .wa.5.
AND I NDTA.
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about wbat wo woald
: by no rnenn~ 1\ sf. :angcr
back hDme left·.
for a .t~oll
h is bri lliant gift. I, BS "
camp. He .didn 't retur.ll and
~ l wn.ys make him ~ wel.
.found him with ~ a bullet
Hi s refer ence on ~oIHJ.ny
, ·brain. :' Another ' man , .of tlle
It glori olls
r€s"e' ! ~J
, had just .flnishe\:i .I> d,eqry
peculinf illterest.~ comin g 115
wife and little gi~.l . o.t home.
Olle who h al:! occupied th ~
~J sh rapnel buret nea.r by la nd he \~ iS
. positi on of ViC(,L~OJt and .
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oV1oflli!>,··GfcllemJ of that illlportjtll~ _ pru-t
Empir-e.
It mn.y ~! ot be
recall the Rp e ecil \vhicli

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leaving tor .,Ca.lcutt: 1,
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of our ITllperi~l ex is tence r. ' and
on f4 make use of the rollowing
1 B"IlI"'l1C~I~ which illu. tl'ale whnt llll" higJi
even th e n luuj of the I mlivG
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I ""ioSh these brave men wer-6
re'CeJ,vea .! b"nle"
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here ill ·,Bfitn,in.
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h. ve any idea o~ 1 wl""C
H"~i,ment,
Army our Indian A f,re y is.
tim'e cQmes, . which d~:a forl\J'e employed ag"1'8st n
foe, they '~ i1I confer \I,';cl'edit
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which perhaps few l ~ntici­
Few politicip.PB made 0.1) mora
debut in the }rouBe of C mons
and it ·i s inte resting to n '
m,nid~l sp eech extend~
of I I The Tim-e.s_"
achievement drew a
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