Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1914

Mr. J ohn A.
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fled tJIO body in tJlC·. morl\lfolY 41·-~I.'''' ~ &i-

The remarkable , coolnesa
Prince Ale~ander or Teck,
brother , ai the iront, U! told by
~fred Fmnk Cook, of the
Guards, who h"" returned \.Q his'
Rending, ,., He said: I x:cmem,b er

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lu. d'"j(hlCr, who ~"" .. kitoIIl!~'1it~,~
employ of 1111- Peal'6on, 01 ,W:e~ it. ....".
Cro ~ tllOrne, "hslo ~ho had !><it.... £6...~
ten m Qnths.
He saw the ~ . t'~
hos pital, and sHe t~)ld hun th.a ~ wie~J ~t.Ii& '

~om ctlun.lt

blfmng, Ihot lhd ·no(; .. ~~t~~
tIling unt.Il
r c1othHlJ{ bllol'8t '~ti~ fl any.
Sho had J118 prevlOue'y
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cook till<'
D~ """..rk.ed'· t4ui4 h.d
nol boon for I. the ot.hel maid, 'tile , " 0lIid
h" \'0 died befb,:,\ her aXl'ival ..t4tlM! ~jIat
Dr. I!. E. , COI1!C1" hOU30 '.~leo'i.:F.t
R oya l lkr.ah"e ) H o.pitlll
t~ t" dlttl ~
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"'0)(.' of a. V~lY extens lve I 6h&ra!oter ' aad.
, frQm I tho ~tn l t It ~\l as ob\·~ua tlI&t ~ ) w
u. lIlOSt 6C'i'101lB ('.(\.IS(', " he woo fJl)ftOr
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11,011 bC<'nllle 'WO iE(> 611bscQ&enily,~" 'a.Dd ~ 'abJ , dlr" (ron\ "x hauwon 011 1Jie 24th
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! 1M bella Book eook at til<! h"';oo ;W~r '
,J. I d ie ~I('coascd WIl.8 ' (.'ITr'plovcd. mid tt.tdF'o':

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j I I JH'a rmg f. AC rea m t:ihc Inn dow n tb t ~ ~
"he and IOlind h er . IY lug o n l-.hc ' Ooor of ~J h..11 '
I . . 'th n rnnt, t:hlO\\ It 0\'1.' 1 ll er WlblQe8 1_
i Co"~:oc.l ' that )lCr ltnd cl clothing w",,' ~-.ni~l:
I ILert l1 ~: . H e r (:Ioth e:i ,we .. o fnkon of'f' ,wiUf 'tJ).8 , •
CrOPpt'lon of ,liN dt<'€<! "ncl she w .... I.Pi!J;·:tO

I:ir.l Rnd Dr. Armst.rOI\ R' wna...,nt f~r. '1 ~ ."
cr nse d told her t hnt ,j"st prior to h.,~ o~J>!j ,

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1 I h l"oo lll lll ,\ l ~mtC(l iC'h4'"

h,ld

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Belgi'um, whe re , on
after a Aharp fight wilhout
' 'anI
IO !8.· the y fJucceeded in .driv!og
I
ctut ·
or Uu~ village. ' Three days later at
two . of the ' <J.llemy'H aeroplaQ es '
brought. d ow n · "ith ' . rifle Rre.
gl\de 'l6ft Ypres 011 th~ 12th '
aod' irekkoo 0 11 to Evcrdingle,
reating " cOl1l'l~ of'd"yo, the y DroC"e\iled
!.o Jei".'. ·wl, er o outoost duly W&8 'I Em,"",O(ltin. , 1he y were b l ll etoo &t: a farm ,

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TRINITY

COLi~l-: G E OF MJ~~h~ ':
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Wl\'S

1?ASS LIST.
loca l \<,xnminalion
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. ,U " ,ver>" ty College, Reading, on 'Nove~ber
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Pr n.otic:t!

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21 st, 1914 :-:-. .

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lor ! 1 re pnral?I"Y D ln!':)'C' lI, - Hn.rrv W . Brown"
)'e' I, 1 1~I "n".) (M.ss K .. R. T u"ton) H elen E ~ •

: ~ u t'k ett (Hans.) (Mr. F.' A ." Wu.lke r 11"
, b\' elyn E . Calrl ieott (H ons. ) (M;"" M.
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D vj:; ioJ} ,- W lullrcd L. , .I :
, ~9\ynT<L~ (M'.'h <fA
;RegmaJd IW • • '
I Kemp IMr. F . A .
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the 17th I il nd then bOqWM

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HF.IGHT ·A HANDICAP.

8.em or Dl \l ls 'o n,- A' ]pen G ert.rude Walsl,
,( Hons.). (Mi •• >\:1 . M. Luker).
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,. , Jnl.ermcd,ate Di vi5ion.-K aU,leen x lr E "
.' E<lWBJ'~B (.Mi68., FJ·~om e). GlaoY8 w. Gyii:" ~'"
s ell. (M ,,,,, .E. E, Orer" , A'-f.C. L. ), G~~r · ,"
P e ~t-en~el1 , R.nd rBeatrice C. Tanner. JHOd: t .
IM!.s K. B . Tmt,on', L .R.A.M,), F o.renc'e' ·
V. R.ell<! (M,s, MOl'(I'''l'
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, ,\Junior Di vi sion._~l IJ, M . OoRl.ea 1Mi.....
A . ,S l ock), Alice EYfe., , (£Ion • . ) ':ri d Mt.hel ·
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! J , G olcilip IMIs~ A . H'Il) , Hil<la M ' -Pord '~ )
1lS , I HD ~s. ) (Mr: H . 1 !Hollow;ii!. Kathl~cn ' L. " .. 1\
3d. ! H n~5tlt1. (M,,,,, M O?1 y ) ,
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Prill c,e was standing n ear to
wh-en I AO W' 8 sh ell burst
of him.
H e merely looked
t ook III th e situation with
COOlllC8B, e xhilJitirig not the I
Corporal Cook, who
()ooft Avenue, is an offic er
Borough Police F o rce.
I..,. with hilt ooMe&gues,
ip ~iigh . 6sieem: " Wheli
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C<>ipoial Cook was on tlte
being calloo up was atte.choo ·to
hold R ose rve Cavalry Brigaae,
oorded . (\ grea.t r eception.
couo tored the Germans at L':::~:'ci~,;

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·fA.nI.J"i i'i!ula",

U,e 6r. t 9( the Briti8h

eome eijo}le '-

flu:.' fire III or<1r-. , t .... nlake it burrr~D~'
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:.\tn.rrtarc t .Tal1lffi _
1'lR. ,lonrm&ijl:
!Jj(, tlcc~llk':l r us hed into t.he drawin)r '1 . , ~
In n nOl!k'l . . She "al; I(Ot. o ut in.to .th~-.J-h&Jl
WJ1 ~I'C I.he Jrollsc ni.niH \HI'IPPOO ' a Jon .... i
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O f ("1I. I' ,'I<I "t "(lIPld hN
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.r\ V(Wd ;L't of ,; I I :\~:i.'~J('ntuJ dea.th ' 'i': J~~.
, rc t.I U·I1.('(J. nn.) t.hn I h~\oe ma..ide w . loo:t. ]'. ' !
lIINll f'L1 rOt" the prompt ni(;;:etance ~]Qh ~~AJ;
r en d e red .
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la.8t to '10[w e.

a 5><I{'rn hly /J om ~ho< k, nnd .l!fhouW~t.::m.i '
I f" ,," clR)li ",Iz e ral hetl for a t.mlO ' fto

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·tburstl"g
he Gerlllsns
Ie... than. 100
Prince,' w'h~ was
111 (.',,,,In<, lOl' l
F (lrguson, siood calmly iii an open ~"'''~'l':., I>';,,::,~~::
field smokillg as ;U;ough , nothing
1.;;h~·1b;~.,~:~~t~~~~~('~~ili~~!~:~
were hoppeni ng. : W~ flYere m..,l\'wt,inIS'·< m t ,,·,..:;:ture.. ""8'" .• W....
· order to get · o.Wl\y. e.nd I know
'I~rt.hat th e Prin ce nn d 'the Colonel

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to t1 tt t IiDeti~Qo .
flllffcrin l{ ' f.r~ bur-n8; :h,: ' J

C'ClU;c.'\ d "ua ndlllitt.ro '

~O\ (, IIIU C'Y

oooDBlon duriuS a .."firAm'An,t

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1/ Ar~iv ing tlifre. we were at
· gaged in 8oou rin ~ . tIt€!
CorpoT$1 Cook.. "The Germa.ns ~;!b:~~~
U8 III a farmhou se, and Sir R . J

8mit)l~ th e t.roop officer. 600b fell o, but
,s hortly fl.fte rwalXl fi I shot the ,man
fatal rest.l lUl . who w a.~ r espoJl.8ible f,or

IIhIfant officer' ,· desth.

CorporaV '
b ery .wo.s wounded, ". ,,180 II WI\8 .
Murrell, WIlD wa. wo unded in, .the . 1UOu.,l.;l ,
Troop or Murroll s(:>'HI. 6 (t.· 61 in.
M'ghl.
If he ' hod not been 80'._t.a ll
wjJuld have oscapod.
W e attacked ,
builrlins and s l1cceoo('(l in ' driving
o r th e 'Germans

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and t hen had

to retire. - ·n-rinl( tli. retirement my
was . hot in t.he head. ' The 8rURlai
fe ll· on it, kn oC'" o.n el reR~ni,'g its
t.urn ed completely ro und lowar\l •
t.he Cll e my wa.s oovrmcinq:,

l lluiccee·d ..d.

turniug ' the animal oft. and wa.a
to Il . m~1I village . ,
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we m :\Tc hed through Ypres.

H;ere wo Raw the G erm.~s a.gaiu.
IflIme·
dJaleIy. ~h cy "bserved 'IB ,thoy lied , ,.We ' .
we nt

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hot

PUI;6Ui t

and killed

& ~ 1M'~e.

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number.
From YilT (.\.4 we went straight
up into Lhe adv~lI ce trenches, arter ~ our

bOJ'i!08 hna heen t~k e n " from U8, and th'en
"'"owed, ,iig"t ai.,,1 dllY: 'for - ten' day.,

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IIghtin!! of ~h e .oyer¢.t.:ch"racl.er. " . Thi8
..ds th O
took .place b e twle eli ·! Ytpre8 and DiImUQe tow a.
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and there vras nothing . but a c!otitinu;;! .conyoy w~ u
fdtowe1r . of 6hr&pnel ~l,l-d Jydc)i~ . ,. . About I and epeflking ·
four roll. 8 from · Z onneb ek. soroe of th8' 1 empl!'Jed by , .
Hign.l&fld . Reginfent.s, including tbe BI&ek . B elgIUm wa. 1
.watcb and
SealO~th H.;ghlnnd.~, w'ho.! hundreds 0!J..WIIOql'l.UIB
were on 0.'''' left~fI~n'k:,.~h 8rged· the enelp.Y'~ O<1Un~ry, , {h~e
wi'n.t,m ;ll.
8 UM durlllg a mght I\ttack~ oe.pbunng • .n9 ,f yo~ ,,!,a~b
· 8 eY~n and pu_t t ing fou'r .out o~ Dctio~ . ~. ~,n1' Iy Y?'" w,ll .•••
the trJ Mvt\nco' Ithrongn B' ground mi st .s .. tU~l , . .
oo!,sr,ed the Highland e~.
'rhe.... Germa 8, w~y

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, who weroe applLre ntly taken by • surprise, will commence .
w ore. ht\?'~~~ ill ,th ! trSlIOlles. and .thyir"the
f~r.,,:i~'hi:~i.'t:::;~

rout ',.a. 80. complete ihat Ihey .m""t l,aV., I
fully 2,000 Olen:
It W88 a great· feahl
on ·tlie-·pnrt '." our Boottisb reg;ment~~nd
. on"' l"hicb will stand out very' prpm;, "'lUy
wr... n the history ofl ~I)e wi... comes
be I
'. ,;"ritt.eu·" 1Wo , 'of ~he ~D8 ,whioh" .lI'ere'

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oaptured.
e..rethenow
lll.. England,
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is 'Dlaood on
Guard.
parad e .'at
hall.'.
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A DESPERATE
" We p~d a de.8.,..rat", en\lC'UD<er

enemy 'when they

«.t .to
ing'

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Afte'r I..•MATvA~'''n\..:P'·
'6uCjlessfu!

lille 'Of ' ad.,a"". · ;n 't be
e .ma,,';. 'hl'Ought their

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a ten
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