Berkshire Chronicle Reading 01-1915

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death ,-of .' Captain

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Bin, ;'lIp';wall k;i,lled
6th.' 'The ';relIiment'
ill' a/'foro .the' l068
who hila jllready

iri ,'the wf: 'for itwo ,,~I)e!cifi.c

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COl',et.~d
'~n:l.istlmelitl D.B.O. , It is a
that so
01 ,the ":'fInestl' ~n4
" of our I men
pplnpM.N!><1 8houl~L. b6 ; 8 ~cr; 6.oed j to the
of
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hold
" ill.hig~ ~!>nour :~he mr lOOry o,f the decease d

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officerl ' lwho:! th9~~ not connected by
; ': ~r.' i reeid~nce with the : p<>unty ,(tItough for It
,theprm- , t ime he Wile at the c;lepot at Read;ng), .yet
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addefi sueh . lustre tol it. W~ are Bur~ that
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dj'!'3 are ,expressing*e feeling 'of the ~ hole
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..n of tIl'e ' ,people of
kshire ' in ,otterir' II to
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IH .. ......IO Lady .Bld't the sincere sympathy
o . the
I county in the beaVYj bereavement sh~ hM
~e~~:'~Y:~.~~, 1 Hipp.od"omle.; sustained. She has the aat'6facti n of
• oomic knowing that.' her .jon ha." d.one h ' p..-t
PAul
qllbly "B.nd: well, and 'that ~is brave deeds
,who, .. 81- were recogniSed by! .the war Office
' on ali i LOSSES AMONGST OFFlqERS.
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m !very long . 'a nd st<I list of c as a!ties
, among,st ' 't he officers of the Royal "IBer knAtfd,Jbltt·8onlt. I '

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tha t ,l:ot

Berksh;ire bas , certa:nl~ paid
haPPI"!'t;. i Ii. heavy toll dur',ng thf w!,r, a.nl,l ~allnnt
, lIB hM been the condu~t of our me ll? t hey
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i have ,Uchieved, the;" ta ~k at great sa.qri fic e.
.0rl;1\DiUlera ' : Up ' to' Dec.!mQ:<ir 31st 1(as we s tnte~ :JlI6t
one , week) th~ 10000es
the regiment i Il'ere
10 officers : kHled, !16 wounded, and OIle
prisoner of wa.r; , men " 75 killed, ! 353
, wounded, and 20 millBing, Here is surely ,
, a'.(l\\ll to the able-bodied men of Bel'kspire
to c<>me forward to fill the pla.ce~ , o t! th ose
: who have so gal~anUy' .d .ed for ! their

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\,_\11~ltil~ets. FREE; can ,be ' obtainild by .
elll~lDIe' to enilst from paptain PA,llr8orrJ
Statlon noad,' 'or from tJ:ie ~~,a~~~~~~
7th and
~attalions Royal .
I . ~giment (Queen's Hotel and :
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\ Tiokets m.... be. 'h ad at the above nu'u'lJ''1,
Ilr. Mrs, H . D , DnAY,,39, Whitley ~""W"·

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. un4er the ,rruiway br!dlle; no on joint.,.;
poems ,about OUR che~ rfulne. s by the
lleServolr6 ; no one l!alkt; of ) ~w WE
dream of home when we f,,11 "" '\~e p I\t
the ,gas works;· doone writes le~ t~1'f! to
I the lonely speci).1 '; ~o cue getS. hut of
bed to see 'the poys borne homej' ! And
what 60rt of a Tece~fion do vou ,think
. we sh<>uld l5et if ' we Jame home at two
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T'; ' Bath" Bristol, C\e"edOn, ' Wee.to .....~­

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.• He turned at ,ba.y. : II We all ve y well '
, of you fat fools ~ o g;be, ' but I In' not
sure that we sp<X!ial cdns'ta ble.s 'r e not
the m06t> modeSt, 11ero:<; , an
selfsaai~ng Of all the men of llC 'jln in
th:s WM'. WE, get no kudos, th r e are
no sUbsoript'ons : to
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' nob~y . 8ends UB 'c ig..rettes and to1b acco; ,
no glrla glance at us il' the str eetsl' with

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' SeRtion of , the comIIl'luity
, po~ng , theIr duty ~br their country w!lose
'l servlCes are certaInly' not.. a!lpreClllled liS
they should be--we , refe"., to th~ spkial
, constabloo. One can lmagllle the fe e/lngs
~------+'--lI+-'--""",",-+-...l..-~ of the<;e patriotjc c :tizen6, performing
thei:r four hours' lonely vigil during the
horri'b le weather bf the l&8 t mon tho It
has certainly ,not ' been ' a pos Ltion to be
envied. Yet"· the.l1 h ave done th eir du ty
nncolI)p~al'n ingly ,. ' A L ondoll paper the
,0 tller.' day ilut itte case of the ~ p eci3 1
<lollstable WIth a. good d eal of humour apd
1''Yith empha.sis on the persono.i pl'~lOun­
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One of the epecial constables flam ed
in a c1,ub the other d ay.
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T ..aJ:l!.ways , (lommtttee' IlIpd our '<lEl,p able
tra.mway8_m anager to· mll/re some
the running ,tiH! ':,nun-can
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