Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1915

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.r.ri~ate ·Ch;';te..Ri~·· ~~o~n memb&r of the
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chum, J. B. .
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~ .d",t:ed.,Au.guat 22nd he ....1. bl.lei h&d only up to
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bllle1i8d In~. He tIiOul\'ht he would sOOner be
my Qe.t chum and 'y our <:\6M' hu.bnnd ~""
in,l t;he tiencJW.a.tha.n ·o ut. H&-B;ddOO~ i'You would be
the' 9th illBt. I olin ha.ydly r-!iioi>-'tJ>.j faot',
8urpr\Bl-d .1)"", eaey it ~ to ge(' lb8t in the .. j;renchea.
am gla.d to 1liiY that poor Will
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It:- \Val. ,!o~ {or , .... . a.s the. regim6nt beforeu8 had
He Iiad been bandaging . .. Clqlnra.de . u:i;"r~~~~<>';~8ii~' 'OIlly been ui" a week a.nd did not knQJV the route<!
I hav" only the higheef
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very' well.' ,·'I'lw> nrst mo~ Wfl' w"".. in I · got ..
my la.te cbum, who \VaS·· pclpa~.
6.ne ibb: I had .\10 te.k~, fOui''':rnen with rno to · get
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a.nd g.ot .bR.ck .a& .~: ~ 'h01ul'!J ")Mitdering abput
oomradeo could bil 'DlOrQ !.g9lIlllMj a.nd'
ooe ..b'enol\...nil· dO~' .. l'Ii'>tlho~!·, I -found a.
temperament. AIao .it ~' ''' :eOindd'enoo
. .. .,... ...".". 'l~~~ waj fthlt r>ext.. ~... ~onIj .took a.bout
oft.,.. taken fo\" one another. 1 1'(8:'
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from me, and ~ hi. o'~ fri~ as '
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will!. with .G<xl'a· lielll: bear.. up- '~
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the ., on.our. a.n.d glory
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REQUEST I'FOR 'i.,B OnNG GLOVES.
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. 'The. [o~~ ie. an ~aot .~ .... letter rooeiTed
f~rn . · COmpaD7i,Qua~~Mt!>r·8ergeant
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Fiehe~. ('Iatt,:'{t,q Royal Barb ~ [r.ehito~i81iar, . t<t Mr.
H . .T. It'ei!~ d'a.1led. 5th Augwd';,. I191&.
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' " T~e .ia · oiie tl\jng mOl'e ~ Y' tIi~ ot 'M I _ite
..00, Ehati. ia: .. eet at bc>xinp;" g!oveol - W.e nu.",e ·aome
11'000 ""pOoen.1iI of" the. nOble:·.."n; IIJ!l')hgot the boy..
1Ii !>ur COIII1JAnr·, and· ouN p;lbV.... &re. w.orn oil,'!;.. I
won~ if -anybQ&li'-;n the B:.ocne&tioil Club oc ...oong
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.,t:-.'.!!:rYt~"':he'~*"l'M THINKfNG.OF:YOlJfEHRY DAY."

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brntB, and that . abo 'm ilfht !we\HeeI · proud of 'him. ' ~y AN 8TH ~'ERIQ;: PruvAT~:~T' THE :fRONT.
Corporal · Cude w,!<, .!7 :o.e&r;s; or ~, ' and ....... b!>rn
t, I haven't hBd tiin .. to..• ;~ dO..n.and'I'~ite,
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in Readinf\'. Ho enlisted ..oon after ' the ·~ornm';(
.e ceo
And tliaught . peth~
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ment of tbe war. MrS'. Cnd's \a9; two other s . a t
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the front. Sapper Percival Cud'e i. 'with tho ' Ro:o~1
So I sond You·. this Ie rJ,u.t to say I'm all riglit,
~ginee.,.. _and Privnt~ Arthur ,; Cude is with ~h..
And gl'tLiog .along rea 1. nne.
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(l.t) 4th Royal Berk, Regiment.
Both enH.tedWhen the · EmPi"s'.
foo more .men to fight'
very shortly After ' the outJjreak of war. an.l ppth
. For her honQur, in me O8u,OO ' a umll ·;
we .... in the employ
. . ~f the(,G~e"t· We. •,ter,n RailIway
J felt I must . go' Or " shirker wmild be,
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The ' worll:. i~ i.• ,.tiff; ;we'~.. at it a'li day•
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TrrE ~ BER S.
Ana 80meti'mc~' for h.al1.' or ~he' njght r; .
But we're hardening to ·it. and ....re ·al! in the pink; '
YEQMAN.·
.And, th .. n!< g.~ •. !,or boots. we're . all right.
dill;y 001\3 . me t:. yoo. .veri w~ll !Cno';'. · ;;'
Mrs. ·Godwin. of C ..",e!1!!ha.m,- }".., bru:!. ,fou1' ;"1Io""
. To. ,tho' froot, .where the· ij:ghtinli is done:
...rving in hie 'M1je&tTa. ]jlorbee. Trumpeter·Maior
And ' ,"h&n the 8th Berka g.t
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F,edericic G. GOO..,in, .....ho iii· nUn6- hOlt 1IIl. [rhe
There'n be no let~ Ito tilJI . Ttl won .
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Albibn, Alfred Sl;roet,. Rli&ding, ';"
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So oh~cr up', in..,. d 'e ar, .tho! .pa.I . '· W&' o.re.
tilIlfli at Norwich ,nth th<t Berka · Yeo)'Danry:, ri~h
r And- thooga I'm '0. far- orwa.l, .. ·..
whidh h;e ·!tae been ......,.,;a.ted. [<ir eoverr.l! yeara. H.1l
'., M:v lo .. ed . otIGtI ar9 , _er -tim: ~, '"'1 thoughts;
tlizooug)\, ~ B~r Wa, . ,,:-ith tIi.. :Wja.,
I'm trunlciDgo. of YOIl' e'I'i&rJ' .daiv'. '
ma.nty. TrUmpeier-.Ma]or GOdwm. wAG- IS. tre&Burer
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to t+o . ~ Rille. €llnh, hu ror 1IOfIie- time.1di8- .
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.. lj'TE .. A.: H~RT,.
oh"""oo the -d'utiee of tnmroeter' to . the, . ...JiDU8
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8t1l. Rnyal ~rks; Regt.
judgil<! Oil, their. ~. to' Rea.d.iitJl: toI> ' p!I"OIoid.. ..ftr
[II> IlCfldin'l;' h;"" e<mVil,..ti..;u, . p~. Hart "peaks
the Berb. ~. - Hie. bro1:ha"; Tru~ ,
'1' of the . goood lime. '- th.~'iltli '~b had in Re&dirig.
Altred God...m, ".bo . ~; .mted in s.:mrru,..; :ca .~ 1. wliile. they \'fere . there.} . ,, ' I .
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Lieutenllont Sir. Rldi~d'Vincent.
Guards, of Benham Valene ... ·
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appotnted a.ide-<ie~lIoI#p on
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a.nd i. secoil,ded (Augpet 24),
BUocoocled ' hiafather . in 1891, 0.,,-1\8
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A {e\!.- shell& to bre8k· the ·m~.cAiKI I ' .,ni eorry

left" .tb'e..,·iDltab<!hind 'them."
. Ano~. m<>mber ·of·.the. r..~~rrt.. ••ritin~ ~
date .Au~8t 1.1~ eaye.
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a.nd I can' tell' you ..... . ..."""
to 'g&t. out.
They ;w«e: .in .!,n. A!,fulcondition;,: T . re: wlIII nqt
room m the dug"out' far our platoon, IIC!'- W" hat! 110
tr.h i.t in turne ~ing oti-t. in .the-pouring ra.in . . We'
..~ nOw billet6!i.in. .8 barn; ,Unforttiha.tely we ..re
nob-Out. of .tJw. r .. n~e of the gun •• .and . fi:ve of our .
me.. ' ".....'" 1POIiiIll<iiI ~lia" by: a ) .;nell: lIt went
tJuo.,'up ·the waIt ·and boiIot ·iDaid& fKe · bal'-ri." . .
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fr.om Li8U.nt-(lo~ WilSOD. ·D./:10.. .' M.}". &lid "

whiCh I thoU:8'~' .woWd Uit.eN8t IIO/lle .of

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You '",ilI o~ ,"'1a.'t: ClJIOnel-'··Wiloon . IIIIYs "" to ·
·.h<>w . welcom.. .. Ol~ and to~ !U"'1 to the
m8tl' rl !u> you already . k",-l'{"._ ~,OOO ,Clgareift"':'. h~v..
been '" lI9nt o:nd lI. ' further COJloS1JtDment of a 6UDila.r .
number will be diap"tcllEl'l in··the ~. of .the next ·
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Tbwn H,!l\ Chambers, . ~.f and ~3, :Blagto.'lie'_!?treet.
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