Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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Major A. W. Ba,l~tb()' lolIJlew,
the IStaff lA:rtil~ry)
Ar"'lY , Corps (now
not Ion ,t he General l:l"a.dau,art" ,.,.
in a rece)! t 'U!sue.

The Royal 'lBerks
some stiff , work
gl'6a.te.r ' put of the
themaetv~ in against
, , ~ave ' a.11!O ,b,e~ii l/-slng
' ag~nst 'sacka stuffed
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Mr. W : Wright Cox,
C. W. Cox, C.C., J.P.,
caived II- commiesion as liEml;<an,emt
Servioe Battalion of the
..,anc'IlSl1' I~e
,oient~
, Lj,eut. W. W.
pmOd in, the Queen'.
retiring wi ~h the rank ,

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.A.rrn~ 1" Get ' h 'e r · to buy
somJ of Lar gstons; 'Strong
B1\t~CQ,~S fo~ ' you. Tell ,
Il~r ,hey ha~'~I;",h:ad , a lo,t J in
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The mana"eCeiveO a. letter Borne time ag

and 537, <j).d?~ Road,

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Major Page Croft, wh6 is well knoWn. in R ead,
ing, bas been complimented on the splen , id work at the front of the 1st Hjerts Battalion, hich h.
commands. The House of Gommons will be '
delillhted to hell.!' he i$ \dOing.. well, for h e, w&s
very popula.r witb all, ,deB(>ite ,the fact ho.t, &S
ch~rmo.n l' of the Organi.lation Committe of the "
T&riff Re,form ~ea,gue, : h~ Iw~s nat.urally '" stro~g , "
Pl!orty 'm,,?,. His a.thletIc ' habll.a ,wlll serv'll hIm In
good stedd in "the '.trenches- he won thell Tham~
Cup ~t I,Ienley Rega~a ,t r ice.
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that the ,qhitd W8.8 in a poor wa.y, and fu er cnr, ,
resJlVndence - told him that the child w dying,
61> ,Southern thought it Wll.s only right to let ,him
go: before h imself. , It WIlB a most generollS thing
to d.:J.
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!J>1ile hundred and forty
Servi"" I
Renl'ng by ,
'Corps Inotor wagons c8 me
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vJ&y of '13erkeley Avenue,
in LlCben. '
rood Road on Saturd
and
unday,
leaving the ,town on
Naturally hey Il ~
tractea consid,erable
during tb ir stay.
When ' eil route they
an imposlh and '
lengthy proceSBipn. "Bert.. Tice, til,! well·
,known ~eading cricketer, was amon st the"l
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RMW Horse Artillery, Ir esiding at 85, Whit!', jl
.l<!'ighu.Road, , Reading, ,has performed
kindly
act. He wa.a given lea.ve, but though, Ii treme ly
apxious to B,ee his friendS, he atood asid to let
a mamed tnan go "whooe y,)Ungllter W!lB dying.

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R,oad, Rea.dmll; H . .!l,.rQ'WU,
St~tfiel~";ye; &lid E : 'I .u"ul".m,
Newbury; !lore amongst ,the
the' I Amethyst" ' which ma.de
i d~1i in the lDl'l'danelles,l,
Happily, ,nllither of their

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' A Rea.dLng soldier
I)ife in ' the, trenches "co:n clud,es I
mg' :,-',~ I ooui!;'''.tIl.ll 'you
Ce,nadl' would ,),lO~ ' ~t
Pa8Bed the Jetter , m
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lor "loman, " in' uuuruu.,
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" Withiil
bers ' of
,ce'p ted for
for "the, Na.vy" un...." " ",,,
gada boY" in , the ,two ,l'\ervl,e,,,,,
,over one,tllird of the
hrigade sigca its f<:>I~,~t;.~n.
len waistcoat was
the Army or Navy, '8.8
ganisation, and in the'
' chocolate. Three of
their lives in' :the
of them, :Robert
' on the ' Good
' drake. was on-

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