Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1915

a~C?ther, :mem 1,>er
t4e>. ~egim~D.t.'Who-ytl¥. wo~ded.. in ,tim :f.Ilrr,ib~e
b ..me.· ..\.. N:euve CIi"p.elle, btit; .'fort:Uri·&tely, in h"".
·case, . bi~· injury...i~' not of' u. . 1fer: ~U8 ':Ol:~ract&r. He
t~ili;ed
:a IwO.llnd
··In.,itlie .. left
This· a 'b)lJlet·
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, piereoo,1'a,6Ci nQ!jBintr out-killed t\!O 'm~n who ' were
. ~gh~~ j>Jonjside 'of him ~ .. A!J' will .b~ seen, Sergetu)t boYnes's e~cape 'wIIS' a mirllcuJous 'one, and
there' ;were £wo otaei- occBsions on ·wbich he had
"~extremelY' .- narrow '~ esc&pee. i - Ser geant de8C':~.\lee ' the ngh.tilj.g &8 &~h~l; ~~Ii!,~ way
-the . men..... were ·blow)'l. to Il)OOelj was: tel~pllle.
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hi~8el" .W"'t : f1g~ti:n]
· ,. tor . ... pe.riod ' of ,
until thf Fridny- e"t he :l'ep'eilved the
.. already; ; descrjb,~ . . ,Serge&nt"Loynes". who,.
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wi.th·,hi~ negiment ,tr;om India 10 >Qcto~er, 8?d .fr?·
ce&d~l'to th~ frQ,nt,! &ftar a -leave <of 48. ~our81. IS
now 11\' booPttal at ~ Shrewsbuty. · He IS lIla1hng
very eatisfactb:ry. p!'og.re..s, ' arid ho~ ' shortly to
I g<} to 'a ~onYileScent borne "in W'Bles. I
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, I Private Albert Newton. 'a lso, of .thll . 2Jld,.
tali.o~f RoyaL Berks\liiii ,,;Regiluent; . and
resides ;at ·17., Sherwood. Street. Rellf(Hng, .was
w{)ul1dea in the 8&me battle . . His injl11iee ,are of
'a liIore seri(}u'! cb{,r.octer, he having been w{)unded
in tbll !eft' tbigh by shrapbel. . He is nQw ,: in
h(}spi~~l inj. France, Iiond is prog:re~sing satisf&e'
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PRIVATE · ERNEST. BAITY,
Bat! . Royal Berks Regiment.l<illed by
in the lierce lighting on March 1
. elder brother. WIlliam. was lighting

home from India with hi.
Qc:tober, after Ii"ing there nearl,

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TE JAMES WELCH, 2~d ~oyall ~erks Re~"
Beedlwc.od Coiiage, Swollowlield, wounded in 'the righl
8rm (doing well).

had 48 hours' leave' t(
inspiriL<XJ th e T ommi es mOr?
J,'as
a gain r ecommen ded for
fon . ,. He Iud
ajre,<y been menti oned
di ~pf\tches
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F eb ruarv 18lh, and messages
hiB 0,:\:>., the
Brigadl Cr, .. nr! Hir J ehn K eir, tesf!y I to 1';8
valu e. In h is , tr.~ nch he ~ns woupd ed in the
head nnd !lever recov ered
e~s.
Wb'at
Eton IJses 1Jl his vigour .
r ightn';"" Qf
aim Iand devopon, It is
te 4 well on
.now. Whn~ it gains in honour
in~i
s xnmple
muse, h elp and & tirnlllfll~ nIl.
t.g
, I/tinil.y
which g a V·3 ll irn thus to
W, hiS
f& t1l'&. who ha, wo rked for
b~~; ~ aq4~ .in
that Iwo fk has l!\kcn Bll Ch II. hold on 'our . !Cffec·
t:ons i o~ r h€ n.:r ~s go out in sympathy !lnp' pra-yer."

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MEMORIAL S EltVIGE

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A momorinl serv'ce to Second ieu!cnant W. G,
Fletcbor was h eld at Eton Collego Chapol on Frida y
las t wook. Th e "';nstc rs I\nd
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among th oso prescn t wero tho d oceasorl. officer: 81

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The head m ~ 8 to r (D. L yttel t on) mad
po rti ons of th() burtal se rvi co. n
tho Vioe·ProvC'st
(MT F. Wnrre Cornis!,) r oo d the Iqsson. An o.nthenl .

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"Th ' Soul. of th o Ri ghteous," w.$ rendcrO!l by the
ell
and a h"mn, "Th o Sai nts of God ," ~..' as sung.
J ohnoo n. the organist. piay'Eid , Men·
FuneralLMarch at the 'c,ommenc'liineo.t of
th e
tCC, a nu. ~ Beethoven's H Marche Funobre "
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·T. P. PLATT. soo of Mr •. PI.li, 01169. G~sbrook Road.
Caversham. on, H.M.S. Hibernia.
falling when a stray G~ rmn.n ' bullet h it bini on
the ch~ek and lip, a.nd ~Qk a. small piece out of
bis tongue. ' .
• A DISAGREEABLE EXPERIENCE .
,: In another letter he .d<r-'cribed a: .'rather , humor0118 'e Xperience.
He. saY8: J" We had rather jan
' exaHiu/( time (}f it leaving fren8he,s. We nearly
.rea.ch·e d tbe rond when . the ..Ge~tis started . to
eheU . .a.nd · :ive hOO t{) 'rip. I was ""et .. when . I
st ..~, to ieave; Hie trene~e6. · I WM . b!l'l,'0nd 'll'et
iwhen we 'eventu&!ly ,got '-qlea.r. You (laD " h;car
'these '!!hells 'l0min,g, aitd) when .o~e , hears tli,el!'
'com.ng he has to / drop ' very qU1ck~anywh e re.
There lit no ·time ta sort eleah places o'ilt, and, my
. word r bhb 'places' wb.ere we' hud . to 'dl'09 then are
'beyond my exphi.'1:a:tI(~n. .one of the' shJllIs came
jU&t l'88 I wa.!!· fitepping ovelj: a trenc4, and I
·.i>vbbed. ' This trellcb con tamed water up to my
waist: It was simply lovely, and , '''pen I came
(t() ·climb out I found tbllt , the- mud would not
.Bile';' m'e to. and ' I stuck there' til!" sOme 'one
f.,jU!!d ' time ' to help~me,' whi~h t.oqk. about twen~y
'minutee. ~ The most remarkabl!\ tiling about It
'was 1tb"t
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my pl&t60n ~ .... hit : '. ,
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PRIVATE GEORGE

BerksIRegt.,'re.iding at 6, Sdl<r> ~lnf'~lu'e" ,I'i~aide''''~ad;
who
from 'wounds received in'.a '
I ,8 w?uoded 'officer of 'his teRjm~:iit~

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list of, donatioDlJ to tho Read· I
.-•.l)j!(,*.,e' ',Foroo ~~'<!l!I non.me'!loors ': -. m~yor '$M'r. ' Leonard Sutton)
; £:10 '",!lh,' -Mr. W. Howard
: l':arhJtt ~(,R,."goonl; £5 ,s...,
' . £5 'each; ' M'"ser8 . • E. Jack·
" Mlilde"r, . ,M~. RubbaN! and
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~,o.n•., , ~~~,,:..A. ·W. , Milw~rd,

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V'lY it was: that tbe Berkshire6 Jost- s(} beavily
at Nbu'l:e.IChapelle ill partly explained in' a Letter
.by 'Lanc~'¢orpo~aJJ!red Smith; ~(42, :C~a.rle8
'Street, Re¢ing: _ fe . says,:-" We i have had a
~~l'rible 'time in , tb~ ~renches, 'put I ",ude.rstand
. w~. ~f ;t!te :2Dd~ Bp.~,t~l~n I~~Y~ . m~'de' a g<i?d name
,for.9ursel~II§. 'l'4e . ~attali..~n were. in the t\ii!'~~t
of Jt .aud worked . h~e one inan, tiut I am ~trald
,thl Berktjh·ireii · w;~ fiU a ' big 'space in the'
castla'lty.' list.
All~l th.\ officers of ,my oompany·
have been killed 00" wounded.
'Fhe Germans
were" only' too pl!l4ed .t() . be . taken prisoners;
they seem utterly diJ!pirited: They had &' terrib.le
tim.~ of it Ir":lm olf' l~rtillery. Our ' regiment alBo
lost beavily, being fombarded 'out of their ' posi·
tion .on the day Ilft~r the attaCk wbile thet · were
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by.- to ·.rei_n~~oe tbe . firing line during
oounter·at~ck.
Tlltllr' servICes,' however. were
not }'equir~, ).s t~e Gerin ..ns were eaaily ' repulsed witli grent ·IOBS." •
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~allce·C(}rporal Sfnith was wouuded a short
time ag"., but hlie Ilf>.n.e back to duty. , .' He had ,
been relieved from ~lle trenclles, and had .t(} re·'
. turn to thein. , While ·he· w .... on his- wa.y . back
the Germans
to shell the trenches, a.nd
a.~ 'tbe
was on . .He ha'p pened to
glance to the right
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ul:' anod remove<! t() No. III
Sb. Omer, 'where ,h e died
woun'~R on March . 17th. It musl
cOIQs(j,lr.~ion to hia friends that 'he d;ed

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eays . that on M~rc4
".""._,,-_._,... beavy fire 't o carrf
, midat., of 'the sheUIl
. .he hud got withill
hE) )Vas stnuc~..... il f
ave rei!elved the Victoria.

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