Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915
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ITNALI,.1 13071,
a tllrk In' the em·
ploy of Mes~rs. Barton
lI etto; of .j Queon's . .
Road, Reading , was ki'led
action , on ~ebtuary
20th. He was in a good PQsition, but when th ,
tall - tame he thr ew up hl~ post and Joined the
3rd Royal Berks: ,.
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'HEADING DRAG01QN GUARDS' ,.
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an ill:te~esting...le~t~f· rela~iq,g.
' Ills ~;xpenencea at the fro~t, l\oope'l' .i'.~jlh~ i
Day,1 /lOn of Mr. H: Day, of~Lower 13Todk 'Stre~,
Readif,g, who h"" I)&" "on active aerhc'e · a:t·· .. t e:
.rnlthe .c ourse · of
lron ~ for nearly seyerf " 'm ol ths
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with ,?,-l the . 6 h
Dragoon Guards, says :II -.
"!]If oourse you kllow as well 1'S ~jldo ' th~t
cavalry ~re
not specially trained. fol" ·.tIle
trent"'" but when we are called on ' we' can . ~l. ways do our ,be,st. Early in February ',we we~e
calle , awa v ' from - -,- to take over trencbes t
and proceeded by I th e 'London 'B s
COIDI/IUl,y , on our j{) urn ey,
----:;-r at ~_ a
o'clo~k in the afteruoon
g ~~ ~ 't
9.30 p.m. Of courSe we
go a long .VJ y
round on account of the
lirie.
We were .
billeted for the
ht,
the town on
the ~8turday,
ruins, which wilJ
be
ight for many
the nea ~ ,futur,il"
We tarted on our
the tte.n:ches · at'
8eve~0'CIOC~ the B8me
~: The 'dist~nce .was :
abou ' fiv e mIles, and on
lourney we pt>8S00
't hro gh th e villag~ of
:which : tou ~: will
have read a lot abou t. It
total wreck, ' and II
the c metery was aJ.I dug
heav,v: ~hell fir,e, ··
. the ~mell being something
,W e '!fook,ov,er,
the t enoh"" from t he 3rd
Gtlard8 at
eleye o'plock on S"turday
Ger'mlln~ave us a very quillt
the [liret .' . On '
.1 8un I'y morning we
to' rhave . ' a ,
.~ook round, and to our
we ;di~cover~ '
at,· e enemy wer"
' y8rdS, 'in',f.ro]!t '
f u and ~,h<,!ir d~a.d
lyi?g all . ~ver,,_ .the I .
. l~i They d~ not ~eem
bury the~ , dea~--
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tpe
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~e, 'and i h~vinA
of war, 'R aberl
of ' 18 'Gow~
' for hiS coiJllll i'" ..".~", Ling, who
.. tn ·n lo··v'.!tl b7
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