Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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The name of Neove
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· alrire Regiment, .!or )n
"'covering the periOd of

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.: 13th. whiol: ""ded' eo
the Ibattalion 1o.t no ·
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whJl.. ten ~ere wounded. , . - ,
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Captain iLnd
. Ald...:<>t:th.
LleutJen~nt A.
Lieutenant, A.
seoond Lieutenant '
Second Liflutenant A. B. · ~_~llJ:'l'
eex lWginlent, attached to

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a",a~!l~ ga]rdenel's wh6'"are gettinll busy
wa.y ~ tell the wee~8 from
pull them'-'a lt out. The ones that
are th~ weed8.-~: New York

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W,OUNDED.

BIOGRAPHICAL
Captain &nd Adjutil.nt
who
killed in
March 10th. wa • .:::"', ...--.,

a':'_'!.":::"- man has ;live. thousand a year. ".

.a pity)"

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of the
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tB-' !\!ld,· ~ Guests.' ""Tt l Da.ily

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tion Roy",
on M",rch
11th). Rel(im,ent
the
Berkshire
licuten~nt in the 2nd D.'~f,~U!llU
was the younger 80n
Royal Artillery, ..nd
'Cam~rlefY' \
.
Scdond I Li<>utcnRni R. G - _R.
ehire Regim(!nt, was gazetted to
la,t October and ,va. attached for
Battalion.
Second LicuteMnt A. B.
oex Rogiment, ':'Ih!" h!",
cmved I,is oomm lSSlon III
wards ~t tach",1 to tho
Berkshire RollillW'-nt.
WOUNDED OFlIl'IC1j:RS.

W~ ~at.on\

h.hd on the run."

,SJlBSEQUENT FIGHTINS:
, 8,.. John -French, ' in ' a 8uMeQUent dis"",tch, .a,,·s "

, ~ ()pera;tion<l in the ' . neill~bourhood~ " of Neuve;
Qhapelle hav .., been ,oonHnu,e d. The. line .. captured
bY: 1lfl on- -hho '10th ' arid 11th CC6t of th .. t viIJage hM
been O(ill,'IO!id8.,ted.· arld . h"ld . hi sliite' of i"~~atod ef·
Eort.' on the part of Ithe enemy to ret..k~ it.
.
.. The prillon"r. ;n '"ur hanik t",k,m ;';nce the 10'h.;
number, ahout 1,700, of whom 30 are officnrs. Jucl" ..
it'll" f1'Om tPe num bl.r of d~d cou;'ted ott th" .n-ollnd ..
t.he ~t,()"n.l German l~ R~ durin!" tJ,e onp.rR.ti(\ns 'from!
the 10th t" th.. 13th on t"~ Nell"" r.""nelle fr(lIIt'
ca:not well be ]""" than 17000 or 18 rO."

"KE :pr~(l- .: T'f' HARK" .

Captain Will iam Brooke ~~~~'nJ~~I~~:~~~
Berks Ma.rch ~5th . 1896,
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1899, and cantain May 8UI,
Sou th African War. being
Mounte<l Infantry. Ho waa

. "Patriot," writin~ in the "Daily Mail:" . protesta that whlle etat~men ' are : oompla.iniD-g· that the '
working c1asoes do " not realise ;tJle seriQufmAeB of
the war,
work iIi
with the steadine.s
and . ent.husia~ -'
,
the . '.autho~i.1ies
n~';vent _th;' peopLe
'w hit - -is ",bing
With :.regard to th.e
NeUve Chapelle,
h,,-Point'- 'out,' thalt
were Bent hy' Sir , John
..and spirited' ~esor~pt,on
was known a8 to ~ I'IlJlinnel~IlS _~,"Lga~.ea.
·ae8day. iIf~the lea&Qn ' is'
~r.ea an.xious foi- r.t.he """'U"".Y
• ~~ rank --and - fi!e oJ t.Il.~ _ li<>I'do'DB:
Sussex Re.gime nt. ,the Grenadier "t'8.ra,,_
Elhires, ' the Welsh -Fuoi1ie.s · and
re~iinlents m.ehtionoo will now
i~the d,i>ede of thooe re«,menta

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oster Rive-r, Orange Rive r
tlon'ed in di.patcheR ("
ber 10th, 1001 and Julv 29th ,

QU('(ln' e mOOn1 wit h throe clasps
medal with two cia,,,,.
Captain R. G. T Moody·W
wounded a.t the e nd of Inst year.
secod<1 tjmo 'that he has been hit.
Captain ArtJlUr i Elli.
1878, and joined the
the Militia, in 1898.
can Wa.r. and took

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Orango F l'&.)'

Tran"va",l. west of
1900, including actio.n a.t
Orange River Colony, M ay to Julv,
C .. ~
Colony, south of O-ango -Ri,,"'r. l899- 1900. A)!,lUn
in Ule Tl'anBvnal. ' ;~ovember, 1900. to Julty,.,· 1901;
and Q/(nin durin!!' the opera ',ions lin Capo Colony.

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T~E
a steady augmentation' in the n~mb~r .0£
mimicanta - and' in ' tIlo oon'lP"'i gation. Three
ago Mr. , Bowen lieoome scOldr' curate'
St.
- Mr. Bowen ~hiiS- had
goOd deal to
"";CUd life of Readi>'!g. l;Il. haa been int:'>r,.. ~>d
the 9h~rity _Qi"ganisation SoCiety, 'o f
been ' vlce"c!lanman for 'the last. three
has also been ~ociated, ~~ the Guild
Mr. Bowen: has always Shown a deep
.mi88!onary, work" ! !nd . when. the Dioc........ -_M[i..,iOll,a~~
Festival was helO '&t Re&dmg II..t Y'lar
a?ted a.. ~be -clerioal' ej,cretary and ably al1!Ol1'a~g"CJ

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hJB dutIes. '.
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He h ... also hlr.d .. grea.t deal to do with ten~'pe,,!,·
'+lIoo work in S~.<Gi)es' parish, especially
1,l.e'~tioJl with ~~ j~hildren, ' amongst ' .whom
&Iways a persona. grata.
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- . '['00 incoID<l , ot St.-·Mary's, Wallingford, . i.
' £l'A3, net £193 and house. The population
'Mary'B iB 1,168, and All Hallows fOO. -

iEve-Witness" in SundaJl'a

. He adds : "Thi.~ piecerrieal method
fomlation '..bobt the war is calculated
thul\ioom and interest and llervee no
Iwh ..tevor.
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-.. If the full OOfrta . of ~,be battle Of . la.t weclcwhich """m., 'to h "'Vil heen a "i1lori;ollfl victory for.. U8
and 9. o<>n /Vet on_a!:cru8 nlueh II're&ter.,than we],ave ,
~l ""!'u!MmN! ·to. in .yearS ,,,on,,; »y":;"haa .boon ~]d
m ' <!l'hul \ by "E :'(<Y WJ:jnesB. '- wlfh . the Bam"". '1nd
sOme ide6 of th4 lot! ..... "",,t.a.in'>d by the .Hi..hJ&nd
I regim,mtA (whjohJWe' 'mn now lI'ueee by the officer.' .
"""ualty lists), ,,11 Soot.land would have been roused ,
and 'riruting wit.h it, on Monrlav_ .But
not told anV'tb.ing about t:h~ M..ct. of
re"imenl~, nnd the man on the Clw1e is relm~,ed
not IInderstanding 60mething wb.ich he
10w,,'1 to know. ,
" Tho -(lZamop n.nrl1~ t~ 't~4" En ";'li~)' r.edm~nh. One '
enn see npw "h"rt:, tIJp 'y ork.hj"",, ~ ",!Teroo ~ the B erk ..
.hi_, ·t.he G\1~:l'S •.rid til.. Su'fijnlk T~rriMria]., and
oth""" w ...re in t~ fnr.ht . . 'But nothing of their dood".
is allOWed. to be. l prj~t:ed."

July 1901 to 31st· May, 1902_
He receiv«l .the
QII~n'8 medal wit,h throe clasp" .. nntl King'J m edal,
.with two el",p.. In a let'or w,h'ph he wrote, lJOme
time &gO Cant.. in Harr;" Mid: "If t.he trenches here
w('! nevor, or r&Mly, wa.6h or alla.v J but ~ ';90..,~ed
with mud from 'hcn.d to roof; an a.re as merry
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small hOV8 mE\.k JllR
-PIce.
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Captai;'" Aloxandor James Fra.<-.or became ' Sooohd
Lieu-tenant 14t.h September. 1901, Lieuten"nt 7th
May, 19<M. and was made Captainl 3rd Aug-u~t, 1910.
He ""roed ' in tho South African War and , took p8.rt
1n the oporat.iollR in Ca.pe Colony~ south -of Ornn,re
River, 1899- 1900: in the Orang<> F r<:e State, ¥arc,h
to May, 1900, including defeneo
Wepenor.: III t.lIe
Orange River COkll;v. M ...v to A,ll1ust. t~OO. -'tn·
clud.ing ao~ion" ..t Wittcoorgcn l1.t to 29th Julv);
a l80 in the Trnnav0A1. weet £o{t P retorio., Auftuet toO
November; 1900_ Ho reoei.....~ the. Queen'" medal
wilh four clasna_
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Lieu ~.llant J~mes Travers Lealie joined t'he re/(i.
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ment D""l'm""r 9th, 1911, and w$s made lieutenant
Octooor 26 Jh I... t year.
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Lie ut.J-nant. Edwarrl F",nk E" ......r ]omed ItlJe reP'l·
men.t 4th May, 1910• . and 'bccanJ'e lie~te~nt, 10!h
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• AbOut 200 .,RoYaI· . Engineer. were billeted at
Anrll, 912.
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Bracknell. on Tuesdo.y ~aftemooll en- T~u~ for War·
LieU/Amant ChA.rlee . NUllent
the
AT'T"'. -' ·-"''''''A where they \were - to- oarry- out !Orne bridge25.11 August; lo909, 'and became 'li" tenant
1911. '
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muched in from n ar Guildford.
a -20.mile~· marc.h. They -left
L ;eut1 nllnt John RII-noom joined the -relliment 21st
umrrp!lg.
J anuarv. 1913. a.nd receive<l hi6 lieutenapey l..,t
NovemOer.
. , . _Liout~nant ThoIDIUI Vivian Ba~t":v Dennil\8_
tl,,, ro~ime!lt 20·t.h &otember. 1911.
I,eu t('nant October 20th . I...!, Yfar . It
il,a!, b.i~ name .app<>ared.in the
list nubliBhe,l. for he )\'1>8 , eIlot t!'i'Ollgh
tho batlle of MOM while with

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in .the lobby of the
"Whv is ilie Prime Mini-

aentinl1 ' an
of mONl thAn '1.200 yar~8 from
our origina.l trenc}u?.. "t t.he fu,r.th~r point.
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FIGHTING ,ON r~SDAY . .. ,
. .. On Thursday" the 11th, t.he fil!'ht;ng ContinUed al •.
-most :[1.6 fiercely at' qn' too, p w iouB day. The enem;v
Mi"'~Il)ted oounler.!'HlLCks at " ..rious _P.Oint9,
.a nd
' ~iaIl.v from th~1 ~j" .au .Biez, ' but :
g'lIn9
owned on tho woOd with BO ' much "fT..clj tbat t he
Germans would not! emerge from its shelter.
"ThO German _6tflillery h ..d now become more
_aati. ..... 'N.,!'uv'; Chap<'l1e .,..... heavily shell..n, and, the '
whole line Wa. swept with shrallneJ.
The enemy

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no "drawbndi

but the ·man'B such a
• Bulletin, :' Sydney.

enemy's

m1ion of I the
' Militia) il) 1904,
\ieutenan~ ill 1907
alto. He 'became aalluu""
1912.
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Li-eutenant Alan
ent...oo the Royal
oominll liEmtenant. in
L,eutenant Alfred H'>WI~m

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S.urely ~one: 1 is

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In 1883,
and ra:
lip
Aldworth.
of.."·.....

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't tell what she can see in him f

Captain R. G .. T . Moody,W":rd.
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Captain W . B. Thornton.
Captain A. J !<'rBser. . ,
. Captain A E. F . .Harr lll •
Lieutenant J, T. Lesl,e.
L;eul@~nt E. F . EalllLr.
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, Lieuten'nt T. V. B. D<lnnl8&:
· , Licuten ~nt C. Nugent.. ,
Liooten&nt J. Ransom.
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· ScCOnd" t ioutenant J , A, C"Ju!l.

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RRACKNELL

DISTRICT COURT }IARTI I
AT ~lNDSOR· .

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Ql1eensberry, b e fore the title
of Bucc]<luch ' l woe ' known 116 in ' -1810. In his last years,
over 80, .. Old Q.'1 UB~ to ~!t
his house 'in Picoadilly, Qgling
11>8SS'1l'siiby and, , whe n one of them pa,r.
,-ti,ml:arI'vl
faRcy, he nsed. to 8~nd his
,,?o mu<;h for th£ gOSB\p of a.

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s;e, a brj.d~groom does. not
. of it. H,e hlt.S onlY' to get
t1"()~lers. DrO'pelrly cteased, nail a smile on' to
will' ill a clear voice when
t1ie tip.
Nobody tilk!38
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-"-""-"}""-. Jf_'~Ile l "br,i4esoiaids

kiss them; if they 'are not,
more of him it h e , doosn lt.
fellOw, ~n.d 80 fond of Ilis
not look at; the other
Women and Timothy."