Berkshire Chronicle Reading 09-1915

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Ie tM 4iary of. ~ JOldiert . ~, ieoentl"
~ounOed. in the .treaahee ~n.nee. , . \8 ~o'w i;n noe:
pital in Engl~. : It~. ~ ..p~~lo~ _ to:· li~u,:Y
excellence, nor IS it pUltl~~ ... )I!-n ~mple of I:i~il. ·
li&nt bumour. . T~~ sole ' mterea,l !a' ttlt .~p.:t"jl.t8 lies
in the f ..". th&t ·,t . aho,", hoW:.·the ' Br,tiBK ~y .
finds a source ... fun in· everything, &na !low notjiing
oan damp hla Jugh spirito; The referon.- to Q<.er
an.d . Lhe .Bh,irkins: ·of work must . be taken "o~ ·
grana
Tho"" who know · ·h lm beatr-&n4 hia
fri ends ..re man,-know that .pe n~.-er has·' lihirk..d
a roopon&ib ' ity, and that
favourite bevlll'&se ia
not beer. i"U1 reie"""""" to military and prLvate
m&tLar, hav~ ,i>e!ln del~t.ed, but the .6lCjzacta . .001'&
given ar!,,~uft!.ClOnt to .ho"! t)lA) E~haP n ..tlonal
ohar&atenst , I.e., to make light· of d,flicultHl8, and,
.horten tbe long rOAd with a laugh and a. song.
It is the
'vereal exhibition oi this tempera~
by the monin kbaki tba.t aasureo WI of.. ,fina.i viotory.
MY DIARY.
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Somet.ime, 8Ome.,.here, 'i n t:J1e Bouth · of Engla.nd:
'A m03t Imp .rtant da.y. Entramed. 'for "aomewhere".
in Franee. ~eft w-- at 12 noon. Huge delight of
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tJIO inha bita ts bocau.e We were KoUtg! Arrived. at,
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" A " . place about_ell. it w". dark. Embarked. on
tl. penn, st mboat.
Boot .I,8orted, 80 ' did some' of
"Ollrs' - foo the .ide . . Not tIl<>! . Delightful jour.
noy! Some\.bing like a sooni" ·sw'tcbbaok r&ilw .. y ·1
Arrived ...fe'y at ,"B." Walked . to camp, .. nd then
beloved sleep.
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ing · such ·a 'Idt of beer : that
NEXT DAY.-Le£t ".B" for "C" ( these abbre. I gone before my cheque' arrives.
viatioDs >Du nd Jiko algebra). About time, too, for ru.W>t me- '.
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the French folk eoem puzzled at my efforts a·t French,
I feel no p&in, de':' mamma. now,
A. "VILLAGE DESTROYED.
Pr,ivil.te Charles. T. Newble, of the 5ih Roy~
Sounds all right tJo m e tbough.
Embarked in. a.
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Be r~ .J;tegimcnt, has been
killed in a.otion in
train t his time.
Engine jU8t ~ -like an enla.rged
. Con~t me -with. & · hraw~y. ' I
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PJ'ivate R. G. W&ite, 81;4", B ..tt&lion Royal
"ba.ked 'later ca n. "Weather O.T. Could do w.ith
I. And le .. ve me thet'<) to die!
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a. Simonds' bro",n alo. Can't get it, so drink w .. ter.
Off to: sleep to dream about boor I I
Berks~il'e Regiment, whose hoftte is ·8.t 47, Claren·
Trooper 'r. R . West, of the Berks Yeomanry,
Speed of tralin, 60 minutes p er ·mile. Splendid dirt·
NEXT DAY.-Roae at 6.~, to l\ear at last that don Road, Reading, fo.r s eveh years in the st(}l-U
was an Old K endrick. For tW6 years h " won Uoe.
nel' e n rou ~bully ' b.,cf and
biSC<llits. . French w~..re off tIo the trert'c li e. -that very ~ay. 1 ab80lutilly
ol>or,b champion.l)ip of the 'rehool.
peoplo all along th" lino shonhng "SOQ·v·neNl, " .J'08,lt.iv6 certainty. AU in lines, n ..i1es called. silence at the ~eading Biscuit Fa.ctory, 8.D,d 8. member of
which moans bu btons, or other for~et·m.. ·not". Ar- . deadly, awaiting the falal word.
Ia~ it oome8,
the ~8.rley Church Lads' Brigade, gives interestrived 8.t .. n." Hoorav! rest a nd beer !~Been ini.· -,witb all the' 8trength of the oom'?"incle s . lunga- ing· newlI of the batttl.lion. Writing to hiB mother '
C"i>.tain Blandi , of the (lSI'1 4tb Royal &rk.,
ta.ken-plentr' of r09~ , but no. beer! Had .: . pint. Of ' ,.-D:rsM1SSI , Terrible "",one, stron~. f~ n c ymg oatrhc Ino ..' re turned to tho front aft.er .. brief visi t
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t ea a.t Lady. --'s buffet.
What! w'hat! Net:hmg '.tor more b<>er I 'H....pe .o f kids vunt lie 08.p'p, selling under date August 26th he 6ayS:~
to England. .
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. " 'We, went into , the trenches. on Tuesda.y
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liko be ing"i'l eociet§i "
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·ld. b8.'s of ohooolat.. for :!d., etc. ;.1 er pect their
. THE DAY AFTER.- SllB rQll<> o.t 5.30, and 80 did names : I. lsaac or S ..m\lels. A ·qe8..t1y big gun Dlght, and got smothered from h ead to foot ' in
C.' L. Maggs,. of 92, Soutbaml1ton Street, enlisted
I. Delig!>!!ul breo.ld"st, bi."uit" · or bricks-not much keep" 4'011 109 away qllite near. Itl makes me jump mud. We stayed the night in the reserve
on S8{ltember lot. as I.A.M. in Ith e R.N.A.S. Mrs.
difTorcnoo "between tll,;m-and ·Cheese. S hall try for
much · at I'v.. worn .. "Jack J;ohnson" bole in trenehes with the - - -, ",ho are 8. fine lot , of
Ma~. hali four soua all serving thoir count,y.
a berth e.s t.raveller for HuntleS! Rnd Palmero \voon the ground.
Off to bed, money\_ 80nd beerl""", chaps.: They made WI tallo, 8.nd put U8 np beds in
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th e wa r is olver, so thl!..t I can. carry ohoioo crumbly afle r an extremely ha,rd day, dedg.i./lg work ..nd theIr. d~g·:out.s. We had shots and ahells overll us
.Trooper H . H. Hiley, of th Berks Yeomanry,
birouil., and l eat ' eni. No ,,"ork this mo rning. 8Mlla: '
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&11 BIght, but we were tired out, a.nd soon went
ktll~, wa. & son of a vice·presi en' of the ' Windsor
Dinne r, 8t~w:! DMs<)rt at the .. buffet, w;th society . . ' THIS DAY st-a.rU>d 8.. ,7.30 a.m. iOn guard. Don't ~o~Sle,!p, . W.P got up about 8 8o.m., and lit .. ~re
and l Eton Football Club, and . JUi a cap ..ble for" ·
Blo.nc mn.n {~ et .t h o ~ ....s bon. ' (Tony Frencb tbiftl. . know
. wfr.. t 1'm guardin!t, unless it's tho 8i"". Sup'· JD' the trenel, and made 80m e tea. 'rhen we had
No work t.lii. afwnoon. Tres : l;xln ..gain. I like it,. . .posed to be Jll"ardino: a farm, so koop on walking ~
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8. oft · t ime until' the : 8ofternoon, when we wbnt
this kind of work I: mean .. F inished thi> day wi.th see no OM pi~ hes it. Silme walkinR' ..II day.
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firing
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We
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to
keep
low,
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BOtti,
from
the
acwry
offiC08,
who
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NEXT DAy.-Th<i same, and
.re~at<>. for
the 'lIa
-Rcgimont
ere on a visit to
THE DAY, :AFTE~ THA1'.-Rose early.
I had seven i3ay. more. Only change, beer drmkmll; lliu.r- ~ .Glll'llL&ns were sellding sh.o ts over every aro jn
ing dudng ho week-end',
d were i>otb look·
to.
Parades 7.30 tot' 12 noon.
P"id my ....la.ry.
"als. Then woo had a change.
O~dored l t.() join the second., While we were in t1ie trenches a. G enr!8on
ing ""rr fit. Waugh, of tbe
yaJ F lying Corp. ,
Hooray j
~Hern<x>
hat.
8nooze.·
Even ing, r<>gime nt ' at 6.30. Time now, 4.30[ .Fearful hurry'! aeroplane came over, and you should have ...~ell
East R eading.
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deb ~trch a.t the local ca[.,. W in.. !
Sl\ddenly great E~eryone t.umblinp: over eve1'ythino:, l\nd the lallr Onr chap5 firing a.t jt, but it WIl8 too high to hit ·a180 viSIted old fr iend:!'t in........
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exc itement,. J' Enemy a.eroplane overbca.d.
Everv- !"uage is makinll; the pbt.. l<l tops ~hrivel up. Ev"n We bad to take turns at .sentry all night, and. the
T~? m embe.... of the schol stic profession in
ono tries t'\ hide bt-hind a blM!e of grass.
S';lf tho skv looks bl.ok. Lal-est news, [2 mites to ,valk, next day tbe lenemy started to bomb8ord a vi1l~e
Roa!dmg have e nl lilLed- Stanley J .. mes Curtis, 259,
sh ins up ", : t 00, andfri<"S to lopk like a cat" rpitl ..r,
,!ith hundred w,:ip:bts o n ' our l>"c~s .. or wh ..t foel. jl!9t past our tre nches, and the y knoeked" it · to
Oxford Road St. Giles' Sello I, Inl\s of .C 9urt
N o t.h ing d6in!ll'. ~ we rC'turn to "finis h OU.f "vin."
1,k~ hundred w(,lght"s. ~Ior o lan gua~.c. worse than
pi",,~s; th er e is not .. whole house left · th~re O:ILC. ; Rober t ILnd er, 2, Brunswick Street.
ANOTHER DAY. Like the la.rk, lip w;\', tho
the Gorman .gas. It's eve n .killedl, my pet worm, now. On Frid80Y afternoon we were relieved,
Uaversb .. 1h Scbool, Royal nerl Yeomamy.
Bun. It bei~g Sund Y. and. h ea. ring there was no
H ora.ce . Ju s t made {\ h~S\Jrty tea. in preparation for
a.nd we a r e now 'at the bill e ts for 0. r""t, after
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coll ect.i(\n. w~nt. to oh If('h. R<'8t of t.he d"y, sloop I the m"rc h. ltoms: 1 loaf, · ~Ib. of butioor, 1 tin Qf jam,
You nre
Fi no lifo! Just sll its' me.
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Ilh. of cake (someono cl.e',,), 2 ql\art. of tea, 1 pi~ which we return to the trenches.
Doop rer.ret is felt at Sutto 's a t tho death ' ~I
"Pedl.ar ' ! , Palmer. of the Be ks Yeomanry. Of
T HE DAYj AFTE CHUROH DAY.-The in.-e'; . . of .tobacco. I tlunk I ehallnot ",<!u'fo anv more !Jnhl pretty Bafe in the trenches as Ion ,,' B8 vou do not
tor of o ur tent mu.' haY" been ' the man who in. brea.k[as t to'mol'row 6.30 we st.. rtM, 11.30 I\rflved. pok" your h"a,d up . . If yo u do. there '&re 8olw8oYs fin e pbysique, ho played hack 'and som"t.im"" for·
ward) for Sutton'. F.C. "Ono of t he .best" i. a
..11 that was' lefLo me;" At I....t I;<"poso. Three of snipers 8obout, and they soon 'pop' . you off."
vanled tho way of--packimr "'rdinclt in t ins. Tillr'
teen packed in our t(l nt. You go to sleep all rip:ht,
U9, all rat her broad in th e beam, i!) a dug·out 8obout
In ' a .second letter he says: "We 80re soon jl;oin'g g endral d esc ription o( bim. A lathor brotber h""
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btlt one \V1\~es up mir us bedclothM, with foot either 3ft. WIde. Still, we kept each other warm and we into the trenches again, and I am picked
for 68ell a great deal of ser:vioo du inR' the war.
side rqu~. your r ibs out or.... in, not forg"btinp: sle pt. i .
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a. bomb . thrower. I suppose / you 9ave n,?t he~rd
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otherJ colrl feet, trying to got down your throat, ' and
NEXT DAY up t 10 a.m. If Jhe Chancellor of tb ..t w" have had ' the Rreat 11Onour -of b"l0~ put
E x-Private J . I G . Moody. W 0 was buried on
bread. chcesq and ill,!, han!linf{ a.fTootionatelv about t.he Exchequer kno , he'd ·t ax heavy .Ieepers, and in the division •. a.nd our office'r s a1'e, 80 pleasea
8a~urday, was ,, ~, mem}-er of
0 'Vindwr (" D ")
onA'sl hai r; ~lso sundriV crawling creatuTM joini ng in
derive a fine re~en.l e f~om t.he ..I~ritish Tommy.
Compan1, (~st) 4th Royal &rks Regiment, for oyor
th e >un.
ij:ave r eaLly hM to . WORK (o-d"y,
80Vle ' fe llow8 fried a~on . w.h,lst.li cooked brood with tIIS. There a.1'o hardly a ny sho!,". a.pd we
fOl'!l y_rs. :. , The cause of dea h was. a Vl'ry Un·
despi te my t ryi ng t<> <\Qd<ro it. Could not dodge tlie and butter: Re!lt of the day chasing .work and over- b80ve to w ....b ·in a. ditch b y the road. We ' are g,t·
oo~<1n d~ase!' ; n,:mely, Hodg in'. Disease. De·
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raill at ni ght thou g h.! 'rho only pla.oe it ,came inio takin!t: it e\'ery tirt:l .
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OO'Moo , was mvaltded- oilt of th battalion p rior to
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':>lIr te nt W&9 just I)\,~ my head, o.nd. I ,quite el'FOLLOWING D y , arooo at 9.30 a.m., 30 am .. Im- get on" nieely witl" them."
its
lea -rinR' for F1~ance.
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prov'ing. Eaay day, cooking R'l'ub land ea.ting it.
)0\'<:'<1 mv bath.
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G'okmel W. C. Walton, commandintt tJle '8th Rov",1
ANOTHER 24 HO RS' DAY. - Arose.
Great
NEXT . DAY ati I impro\';ng. , Aroso "t 8.~,
1'1'oopor
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of the Berks
nerk,.
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o?,citem<m t, owing to lordera to stand for the fro*. Cook 'more grub.
ooray I Parcel just ...rrived, ""
Y ec;>manry, who ~ killed, had ·be n in' the Yeomanr y
Ch"",'.! Groat SCCM<!. SO wo waILed, full of vIm am going to Bit fo~. .. n hour or tw4 .and stuff myself b .. ttalion is gain" strong. and hR. been most fortufor som e three lo r four yoan.
He w&& in the
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casualty
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anrl brc-a.kfast. r~M!y to fl y at th.. HUM. 12 noor , full of ' its welcome ntents. R !'Oj!lve o~s to ~
drewin!!, office ofi Messrs. Naldo a.nd Nalder, Ltd.
81111 walhog. 2 p.m .. wrutmg o!tll. 4 p.m ., waItIng,
ready to move at 8. p.m. R~al qu.in·.... th;" time: d ato. "
A .I>!ood footbalt~, ho played r~" rly for Wantago
n ot .tilL (; p.m .. plain wa.iting . 8 p.m . tired of
Ghd to t hink I am going to be a rral 9Oldi"r at I.....t.
Town. Bnd in l l~f2 \VaIi8~leel.!';'fl !,nd playod an "".
waiting. Good.nighl!
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&> my di a.ry must close for the-preI sent.
ccttent . game fOf I the l'(orth Bqrk. League against
DEAD IN BED.
THE DAY AFTER WAITING.-Tho worms mis·
th e NewburY· I ~f'1'glle.
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took the time this morning, bcin~ out at 3 a .m.
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Started fo r tho front at 5 a.m. 9 a .m. stilt tr;" ·" I·
YOUNGF ~CTOR(AN KILLED
H. G . J efferi eS (of t he Berle Yeomanry, killed'
, An inquest was he ld on Wedue.sda.y on W illiam
·Iin r;-. 12 n oo n,. ditto. 2 p.m., .till a t it. Late r. ar·
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was the \Vinds~:>r l anp . Eton M i, r goalkeep e-r when
George Wi lson, tl.ged l 54, of 28, Field Road"
rived! Only a short 1'Ollte . march. Do soven miles . Mrs. Stephens, of 33, Elga'r Rop.d, Reading;' rethe. County ~(lO\l1' Cup was ' r n. He gained hi • .
and then m[ormod we ha"e another five to go. Mud ceived the sad neWH on Friday I ~st th a t her so n, Reooing, who died bet-wee n Sun d&y night land
JUlllor badg~ !n ~912 · 13, a nd wn 1 allo pic~:x:I reservo
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e\'erywhere, and eve r.vwhe,re on eve ryon",. Ha lt for Privat" Frank Stephens, of the lUng's Own S.c otfor tho ."n!or cOUllty. Bert" /,and BUCKS Juniors
Arthur Ashley WiliJ n, his \lrolhar, of the same · wdn ev.ery mat.e~ ill which ~J qll'eries pie.yed. His
rofrcshm(}nla. MOI'o bi.scuitB. On ' aga in.
B elieve tish Borrlerers, had been killed
action at the
a-ddress,
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eeen6ed
lived
with
him.
80nd
6lept
WOoar" lost. Hooray ·!
W" 1I;0t som<>whero at I",.t,
fr.o nt: H e was stnlCk by. a Sheil, On SepteJDber Ii,
last season pricf"r l to t.he war was w ith the Ma.idenq\l1 lo dO llo up. S011noo near to .. r eal business," by a few days after his 23td birtbd y.
'·in the sa m e b edroom'. Dl'Ceased 111\d bel'n out of ' hel.d Norfolkfan n, who ~ailled second placo in th o
th e n Ol8o o f the guns. D og-tired. W e nt to sloop in
Private Stephen~ .. who was a wnys ]<:no ,vn a s
work tbrougb infirmity .. for twen ty ye ...... , 8on.d Great Wes~rn 8 burban Lea.g uo table, owi0K mucb
n li tt l ,. wooden hut.
U Doggie n
amongst hi ~ fellow-w? rk eTs. ha.s o\"er
~ould not control hi,*,~e1f with regard t~ drirtk.
~o the
abIlity of thoir goalkl'cper. They alw
NEXT DAY.-Worms out I, I.. te thi.. morning . 8 ' sinc& .he started work been empI~ed in the South p n Monda.y mo rn ing witn ess awoke at ' 7, and "-reached the COlI ty Cup final.
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Plenty of rata ..00 Bioe in t.his log-<labin. · Manufa eturins:. Department at
q l1t1ey . a nd Pal· ~8.w tha.t h ;6 b~other wne still in lied.
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R ala hold mooting. on o",,'s ehe.!;, and then prac- mers'· Bisc uit Factory, and it WIIB wi th foolings of not 8801 any thing. 80S h e thougb~ he 'was asleep.
Lance·Corpora
A.
W. Boston, 4th Royal Berka
t ;BO rOllLa marching up "nd down tho btlt.
Flie., R'enoral regret that hi~ wor~mate ~I~rd the news
On ,l '6turning about one o'clock he found that h,is
Regimont, who '. .... killed in France "" August 30,
well I hM! fly tea. and fl y pie for breakfast, and very of his death. He enlISted tn No 'ember, and has
ha~ a pretty IWI and WIelded a facilo pen. Under
brother was still in b ed, and on feeling ~im ' h e
nioo Loa. H oo.r we are not going into ' t.he tconchos
beell" at th .. front sinc ~ t h e be~ipning of May.
tho pe n n ame ,' f "Wintor Onions. " he
a6S{)-o
fOlId he was cold. WitDe"" "ent for.. doctor"
for ten oays, wbich means ten days' fOOt.. Hooray !
," Doggie" was a koon foo,tban"r and played' for
oialed with th .. ' Football Cb ronicle." His amusing
wh , .on arrival pronounced life to be extinct.
Unfortuna~ly . I am " broke ."
Ho pe post oomes Rcveralt junior clubs, his last dub being Goring.
Sp~r9 with
C .k Sparrow" and his', trench a.n l
r . M. W . Coleman ' s .. id tha,t wl),en he came
600n.
On joining the Army h " proved a r' s.efnl member of
~up"o rt of um urn wi tt keep hi. m'e mory groon
d ecea...o.od .h ad proQably been d ead for 'about t en 1101
THE DAY AFTER.-Flies mwe 11 most deter- the football team attached to his battalion.
t1)ll rem!,m\;lra ce of followers 0[. the winter gam<>.
mi nod attack on a ja m tin this m orrung , b~t were
A~oDgst tb e many letters"of ~ mp"thy rece ived
or twelve hours. From a. post-mortem examina·
Tlll~ BpphE!S , sl100ially to l'CSidenta in
Newbury,
d<>foa tcd WIth hea vy I08S06. Trymg open·atr treat· by 1118 widowed mother is ODe fro~ the captain of
tion he found that d eath was from heart failure, . H ["'gerford. La bourn, Ramgbury, and Greenham.
mont now. Slent on the ground with a large, fat his 'o ompan)', Pilying a triljute to hO. fiDe qu a lities due to falty dtl~e neration of the h 'e art.
By trad e Boot4 ' was 'a motor .mitb.
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worm for a "illow, and tlie .air for bllUlkets. De' .Qf. h .!r son (describing him as a ne, fearl,e ss ",,1. HI'8. Alice Wilson, of 55, • Field ROM, sa'id
IIghtful o<orcWl CAn bo obtained hy lying on one's dier who would hav" made a name for him- d .ece&9ed .looked after hi8 mother, ' who was 79
back .. nd looking for aeroplanC8. Whe n tired of self) ; and ' -informing her that b e was buried
years old .a.nd infirm. During the 30 yeal'll she
this you go to 51"",p.
B r itish Tommy boat fed on th's following day, a number f his comrades
had known I)!m h e' was of good health,
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soldier in tho ~orld. Manall;..d to obtain half·a·pint attending and paying their resp~t8.
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The coroner said I it seemed to bim that the
of tca. God bless T ommy Lipton , or whoever it is,
Apathet.ic incident in connecti'111 with his. d eatl'
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MANDS A'ND S'T AFF.
wh o , ,,p pli,,,, it. No post, . so no mo ne y, 80 no bt>er!
is th nt onlv last week his liwork'P,iLtes subscribed ·d eceased was a man who would. not havo worked
•t"ra units, Blaff roplain. -Call'
The
ANOTHER ·MORNING.- Arose not quito as a s um of money to send him oqt a parcel .! The ' eveh if b e had been offerpd ~mploy-ment.
"""r, Roy ..1 Bcrkshtre Regi.
r edeenii ng f ~ature wa.. that he ,had 'helped his m",nt" and to b~1
u sual , as I gOI. e ntan"le<! up with a 001\1;, and had
small s Um ' has been handed o"" r to the lad's
ded.
to oo m n. few H Hpccial" worda to suit. tllC occasion . mother.
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aged mother. ,
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K verd i.ct W{\G r eturned in,_.a.('.cordn.nee with the
Royal B e rksHire R egi rnen t.-C8opt. L . W . Bird
Su ppose.
Work as usual , :;"mtil sleepy time .
No
2nd BEIl.RIO'
R V TE In ' NDED.
doctor's evidence.
monoy .t itt, so still no boor!
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to be te mpa raJjy maj or ; June 28th, 1915. Sec.
MOIlN rNG .-~'eIL li ke a squashod worm this .
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Lieut. W . B. ~obell. Special Re<!el've, to b e
mornin g., owiltg to t.bo fellow n&xt door wanting tlVO
The fri end. ofi. Private G. Hawkin., of 29: Kates·
temp -r:rary lienl; May 17th, 1915:
LORD READING'S MISSION,
~oJ8. nllne a nd hia ow n. N ot.hing doiI).g this mofngrove L a.ne, R eading, 2nd Royal Berksh ire RegiIng except t rying to dodge work_nd not eucoeed~ . ment, have received intimation that ho ha. been
OVERSEAS CONTINGENT.
"'g. Mll'l. chaoge th o worm I am ueing for a pil.
wounded in the left leg' by a bunet. It is thought f T IlE;' announcement that the Lord Chief J us tice
, INFANTRY .
low, as ho has lost hi. f!l.l, and is now nearl y a lt
tbat tbe wound is not "erioW!. Sergeant She rwood
h as !to no to Amerioa a9 a membor of the Anll;lo- ,
from Royal Military Col·
bOl\os. Shull H.lle-t t.he nQ~t 000. Flies very' ../fee.
wriros that ho ha9 arways dons his duty well, · and
F I' ~l1 ch Commusion to regulato financi.1 relation. .
lieutenants; September, 15th,
lton. te to-day ! W 0 .hall want a bat;talion of By
that they 'Would mill, bim from
ranko. Privato
with th e United States GovernlT\jlnt i.. " not quite
R egiment: Oswald S. FranciB,
c" ~ohor5 500n. Had e. plrosilre trip to-day, e8OOr~ing Hawkins ca~ , from ~nd i" with
Pattalion.
accurate," .' states the I" Law JournaL"
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R eginald H. F. Turner.
tlungs to tho t (e nc,\l08. Quite a joy day, with "ooal. .' ~ ,
"In hi • . personal eap&city Lord R ead ing ha.
~OX4)6." ''In.ok Jolip80D..8," and" Jim JetIeri08" jfty_ 'r ~., ."
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al ready rencler<"d e minent . servico to , bi s country in
Illg "round to varT: th.. monotOny. Ten of 'Us in' ..
BERKS
affairs . of thb T.reasury arisini"out of the war, li nd·
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wa ~o n, ,,,,,tchbacku'g through dItches. etc.
Went ·
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bis present nll89ion i. ani}' part of tJiifi .... ar r-erv i'co.
WIth a full set of bones, came back feeling I had lost
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., There are ! juridical qu cstioll6 of "g,reat lmport ....
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"bomo .
No loU= yot, so still minus mop.ey and
an co' whirh · .. re · now dependinl>! . between ·the twi>
ecr!
. tllorn,e-t~.irdy, · <if the ~1s t)
countries. a nd if the Lo rd Chief Jushee can 'fi'nd
FOLLOW ING MORNING.-Woko this morning
i'r'~':l.~~ at .Donnillg. ej pport.unity dut.in ll; his visit , to apply his g re..t
of receiv ing
"I t 3 a .m. owin g to the sla.mming of door. &orne ca.roorg.anising j'udicial powers to t~e 8rrang emrmt " of
Windsor Castle sarno ba.is of settlement of these 'qU!'&tion. bv the
"'"' ch op" left open. Di800vered it w.:s · not doo['8,
excellent jrooon:. formation of .. mixed court or other' special tribu!)"l.
but RtlnS. Found the follow noxt dO<;lr ' had pinched
lost b attleship
UorID)!m front, 'l" lerooy ho will halve . ellr,,~ the grati~de of interna tiona!
nIl PIIIOIV (my filleted worm) 80nd haQ 8o1aO planked
eross l standing
!>oen obtail'ed,
hIS feot on my che~t, and' wanted me to keep still
lawyers lU( weU
of ~he l oountry."
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. witb a . lance·
"p' ho. was very oomfy. Busy dodging wor-k a.gain.
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Hooray!
Two letters-butl no
ost lust come.
a.t Lyme Re$is
-Meil~~t .top the child",n eatinp: MACK.INtho G"rman
~,:"n Gy---:oq uals no boor! Quite o.~ ha rd Sum; .quite
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