Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1915

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The W ar OffiOO~.iM!)ed ;,in, . ~e,: l:iat. l\~blialied.; Qil
&tllroay mQrnio
tli& 6aa...,..~tl~ ,w ~ ,-;{let) • 4th
Royal Berka on
,000~d'A ..g'18.t ' ,25, ' wJ;lt:>n ~our
membera 'If the raple-: ~ ~' were ' killed, Qne w!'rtally wou nded, and DiOO! wounded ,py the explQslon
01 a ,hell. :rhe ihirum. t.ui""l" ha.ve tJrea4y ,l;1een
oxplained in this
r. ~, A. aDd.~ Compa,,:,es :!iero
in roserve about ~ ' yards ~a the finng: h~e.
A number of A , qo~anyJ ~ere. lD ,an· Qld . buil4mg
c1ee.ring up, haVlnlt just oofIU>. back fr\lm B. ' b ..th,
when a shrapnel '¥lell but8~ WIth. fhe; dlsastrQus l , ~e­
Bult deocribed above, The follQWLDg IS • the full hat
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2857 Cor[>Oral F. C. ClemetBon,' 2{), Kendrick Road,

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2782 Private Arthur J.-. Butler,,' 16, Con:oaught
Ro.,a, Read ing.
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2848 Private F. Selby, lodgip-g at 121, St. Goorge S
Road, R oading.
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I' 2727 Privo.te A. ·E. Ford, 77, Soorwood strJet,
,Reading.
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1686 Private W. J . , H eatb, a, Finch's Buildi Iga,

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2581 Private James B owden; 35 .. St. Peter's Ro,..d,

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. 2740 l:'rivate H. G. BeIl.\lett. I, Coll.s Street, Ite d·
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3163 Private E. J. Allum, 5, Found.ry Str t,
Roading. .
2439 Private E . L. D11vi"", Emmer Green.
2448 Lance,Cor[>Ofal H. iMilliqo.n, formerly of
Reading.
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2S95 Private H. G. Brawn.
3086 Pri V11to A . E . Chapm",n.
2151 Privaoo E. F . Hug>hes.
2960 Private If. V. ~111ker.

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-Don't let him run short' of
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u~~'rtho ~it1e oi,,, T&I~,,~

tol~ ~n

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Our journoy then oame to a.n end,

Ami we ,0.11 toddled out 6f the statM>n,
Anollhkr brief rest fr:rt- to apend.
It woo tHere that we got Our fira.t pay dayMy word I what a day ' t4e 'boY8;
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We had a few pints
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But they BOOn put
to:
'Yo were ordered
On a Sunday. all .
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wll.l l he ' afforded in B,erkshire'

lieute~aqt-oolonel wy.iJ;s.tc~m~anding 0. tbriga;dll; "

the .d ater of ' the promo~ion be.t;'g- Augul'~ 15th.
L.ieutena'nt- C~lonel LUFa8 ~~. don~ . ~J:c~~n t 8er-

'Light.e Qut."
~.REDDALL,

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'B.E:F., France.

'VICll, fori whICh .h\l.-wBj! men\i9nlld .1,11 ~pa.tches,
'and reoeiv(ld tbe , fip'eo~1 proinotioD' . of; :, breve~
major (d&ted ,Feb1;'ua~ 18th).
: Satisf~ction. will alsb be &«orded by ' the an(nouncement.- that 'Majo~ ' ;he 'HonJ Richa.rd H!lnn
·Collins>!.D.S.O:, of the >- Royal ~eiPhib; ' Regiment' has ' been ·.ap~ointed aaaiatant . Ja,djut.a.nt
and 'q4a.rtermaster-g, nera1 on the !iiljU~lIft'8
and llu~rte~&Ster-geJteral'B ' B~tf, . and I to be
·: temp~r.IlfY.' l~eute~!lnt-~o.l<!!,~[ w:l;ulst s-. .~mploy~d,.,
'the dBthpf tliElpromot.pn b.elUg August 22I\d.
' Lieu.~Il'i~Colonel _ CJl~il!8 ' has bee.li · "Ientio~ed
in dlsp~.l;!es;,:and rl!.Ob~red the:,spec,t~l pr.ompt!on
of b~ve~' ,maJor (J unl! ' "24~h) . . CoIQn~·· ColI1D8
.was ·,app.o\nted. in . 1~1~ ~en6r&!. S~~ Om~er fo,,:
Ne", Ze!olatid,
H.e ·,l!ntered. the. ,
10 ~!l92,
arid served in th-o .; ~,l!th··, :AfrI(\,"::": !lIW'P8i~g n .
beinl( Pl'!lsent I't. the. ~t\O~s ' ,?f~ >R~!,,:08te!. RJv.er
and Zilikats Nek.
.was" ~ me.nl!o.niKl+ PI diS- ,
patches, ana received. 'ihe '-Qu'een'·8 .';, m~l"
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with.
threll; Icl"8,p.S 80nd .i -he ~,D$'8"~ 1DiIMI ..1. Wl~ > tw.o
c\aspa,' besides be.ng . ~wa.rd.¢the'~ D:~,o-.,. ~e ,18
the eldea~, ~on of the ,late .~t;d- ..Qolh~~i Bnd was
Il)a.:rrie!l In ' l~O9, to M,ay . Ev~hn~. t)io, .. y~ungest
-<ill-ughter of the late ill., c;l;>B&lRl)fldge~ of Malv~ rn ,R,all, ~ol.ihull,
whom he , has . th!ree sons.

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!,pv~ry ~file room inl~he parcrLyou ~en~

by the allnoiincement ~~''t Major ,Cuthbert H. T.
LueB,s, of tbe · '1st' Br,~talion . Royal llerkebire.
. ,Regimen~, ' hILs been , PJomoted to be temporary ,

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., P.lblic- hm",e by al T oototalj-er," Bugler W. H. ,~I'l! ;
of Lho 8th Royal B erko,- tells in rhyme the story
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Have I ~n B. warrior-· long. sir?
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Ever ~iliO+ we landed in France ; , .
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An<l I'vo been through aome terrill Ie "times, .sir"
- At'J you'll 000 if you lo<rk at O)y pant•. · .
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Shall I It<>11 you tho terrible tele, air 1
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W ill I have 8: pint? Dh-I yes, .tharlks,
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And I'll st&\-t at the very be~ng, aiT,
From tbe day we lit.ni:lOO ~ E:t:~nee.
We arrived on a Sunday nlol;ll; sir,
After torrible times on tIw. ""a. ~ -.:.
Wo had bully and bieouite to, ea.t, sir,
Some did and 80me didn'~ have tea.;
W 0 thah journeyed to. ali' reet ~p, air,
And , stayed tbllre a. DIg ,t ,!",d a. day. .
Had a. wash, II. brush-uPI acii ,a Mave, SIr,
Th e.n started again. oil ouz '" w~&y.
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Down to the staltM>n we
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The oattlo . trucks 'w",jtoo- us there;
W~ got in tho best way ,.,,10 ~oould ; 8ir,
And there wasn't muoh room to epare:
For two day~ wo !ravalled along, sir,

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TH'E 8th BERK~ AT THE
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mont, o f 1, Colb8 Street. Rea.dmg. who was ·wou~~
in thiJ hew and left thigh a .few week • . 111''1. IS In
' hospifa l in Leiecatcr and going, 'In all right. 'rhs
head is now well. and b"fore long he hope~ w ""Imc
home for a •.hort. perioq.
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PROGRf SS OF, T~E WOUNDED; ' .
Private E. J ., AUum. (1&) 4.th RQy ..l' Berk~n,:"
Reg imcnt. in a letter; .dat<!d Septem~r 13" to
mother of 5 Foundry Street, Readin,[' wnte.! : H It is very' ha.rd for me
to wri,te as
am at·in on
my back. I have two wounoo ,!n my, left leg .. 'fnd
one on my right. ' The left : leg. 18 . broken ir,!m . ~he
hip to thigh. I My h<>&d wound 18 better now. T~ere
were fifteon Of U8 in a dug-out, 'when 8udOOnlJ! 0.
shrapnel shell exploded, nea.r by. Five of U8 '~<>r()
killed and sev<>r1\1 woun\;led . . 1 had Ii ~r~o_w CB,,\,pe
myself from dea!h. I ~m - now. twenty-two m~""
away from the trenches III h08pital, ' but I .e"l1"ct
shortly to be sent to England."
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