Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1915

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Royal Berkshire
Second Ueutenant
mission as ' temporary
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READlNC'jMMfSIEXPERIEN~ES•.
Privu.te Gl)nrge PoCock; " 'of
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desoribing . ~ho 9%Jlcrien~ ' of ' hie I
fig-btin)\" ~1i:ich. ti:!oll: ';~ abbut'c

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~old. The ostler e'crntcheg,. his head - thOtJgM· I
fullY'1 and -re-plied:
It . bauds four generaHy.
but ~ix if : t1~ey're w;eel acquaint!"
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A F,an ' entered -il 'f&mous restaur&nt and aekeel-'
for coff~. iAfter 1,9 had- finished hi.
hecalletI tne ' waiter ana B..id: "Waiter. th's coffee
has its gcod points: and it.. bad points. On!e i
it6 good points is tllis----:-it hal! no chicory inl it." .
" Y~, sir," replied' the w,llit.er,. Quite 1(ra~·,6ed.
Visid,ns of a handsome tip floated before his'
mind{!sl eye. and he rubbed his hands gle uU,..
tl'But." restimed t.hh custom.e r, "its bad point Is·'
thiB-+j' it has no coff-ele in it."
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or b~en l",ved; to count'r ·u p proposals woul ~ , be.n
merely fall.w:ious. like a,DJ' other statistics. . Ono I
.wom~n who h,.&, tieJver • been pro!,<>sed to1!lay \
kno~ more of the I he1Jl'hta . and . depilis I and I,
&gonies . _n d '. eestasies or rove than twenty thai; 1\
are imaFll'ied."-''-The Perpetual . Choice:' . by"
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Hi~hland.' ....ent.. to birecarriag.e for the ~i'r-- I
J"Ose lot- ~kmg_ but !1tmi!y. 'for., a d,lve. I!e !IOfkedl

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eco~se, and ' f.hetie's eo'll'D..,. . scheme fer th&j, '
Gav.lrnm~nt iMuin~ pamphlet.& or somethinjl! to
the ~8.tion tellina- tJrem· how to do ft. Be ra£he!'
amll~in~~ i ....on't 'itT' ! Mr, :Uoy-d GeOJ!~e instruct,
iIloli: Us· how much '!'Ie o~t
sOOlld--on evening
fmelts and fur co ..ta and ·Mr. McKeu";a givinjl us
adYide : about nijl!ht clubs, ahd Sir F1. E:. on 11,0'11'
to R~ve on sala.ries ' ..nd eijl!o,rs_Iwith, band)! Bu~
I thtk }Ve'!'e d oing 0U'r little bit' !-'-"officially.! al·
ready tb<;>ujI!h. It'~: m'i'oths now smee I knopked
eft' ~oU-'Fou's cutle~, ~rut he'g . Iilinost for~'i'tteJl
wh... cream lookS like.-" Eve," in
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RE.CORDS FOR THE Z~d : ~ERKS.

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A member'
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811',~By the .lteneM8l'r of tile. -3rd l3atta.lion Royal
date November~ we hiid ~0rksb.iie Regun,ent I WII4 !:Dab1eit last Augllst -to
:' Yesterda., we. ....."--.'1U ~
''-le o amid 0IJ1 ro .th& 2nd &t;talion an excellent gro.momore of it-io-day.
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whiie crou, U ' IOOn as they get tired of thoa .. pa.rticular record.,
to gaze upon IoobJ
and :Irides t:h. ~amop&aOO ~iU have loat- ifll ....Iue, and h .. ve
and ever~he<e sno....
l~t- week · . beoome. & oumhet1ilOme while erepho.nt.
That I
~beir \l~ly 1)l~l'eDeM.. So".s,re.l
mud. , firinl:. would be .. gre&t: pi~> a. the instrument' itmade the V;mches in
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ankle. d~, ~lf ClOSt a- .~enlh~. -&1J!'OUnt.; &tId" much more
slush. and -waW
baJQn~ c-hai-~ : f:P<Jff.l\nt. the ,?i.&tra.ctiOD. .t c&n &!ford can h~rdly
knee deep, or ev~hangmg on; In ·
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would b e a. picnfu. ~;~~j:t
IiI!Jototion - '
So, s>r. I do not ~bl-le. through the courte/lY of
(hese strellm!f and' n
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,-our ooI~mna, · to ~_. tOO people, of Berkshire ' the
found in the. t.-n._·r "",_
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Colonel Hunt h .... told me' t:ha.t if T eucoced in my
worse pia~. than an,. of
pI'Ojeet, tlta- battalion w~Jd bait. like "bout twelve
h10rnin - as if .1I:ey w _ _ ott"...
. ~ ~N'Y oix ween. '
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In a semi,tmde conditiolJ.
· Will 8nb:lol;-ibe"" oend- -their donatio",, ' to me; a.1ld
not wholly desirable. .in
ilY'9ry time reoords &re dispat.oh.ed I will .cnd Uhcm
d elul!e of rain it w'_ ..e,lc4)1l1ed
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e.dvent of a little eold. dry we'~t.tl:er;
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frost came wifh it.- arid. de&pif.& ·
cold,
M_ D. COI,BOURNE. Licut_
were a.t oilee a liUle better.
But. witb - tJw fm· '
Roysl Berks Regiment.
provement. came-a frOl!h terrol'-frc6tMf.e. . TIle
Llanf&ir;; :Beckenham, Kent. '
experience .if. last win~:however, had oaused , .
November 29th. l:Gl5.
e,,~rv precaution to be - ta~en this year in regiM-di
to this evil, and.immOOtstely tins galor~ of ;o.ntt- :.
frostbite ointment .rewy to be ~ppliad to the .
feet. - after these haM-triM . servants h;Jd
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treated to 1\ bDt-w-ater dig. Trench . life i!f,
course, rather severe in thelle cu.cumstahces, but THE NEW CHAIRMEN OF .~OMMmEES.
the severity is much lesBenM by th~ Bpirit that
animates th6 Brit-ish soldier everywhere, and at
The -following bave
, all times; a~d, indeed, 'we're all ,quite jolly."
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T~o 2nd Battalion Royal Berks men are .
offiCIally -reP9rted to be missing, . believed
drown,ed, in the sinking of the hospita.l ship
Angl~ in the Channel on Novemb er 17th. They
we_re-· 16.674 Priva.te W. Dre,,!itt and ,9620 Co"!,,,ral
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H. -W hIte. Both 'had preVlou81y ,been wounded:
l~ Priva.~ G. V'. Walker, 6th Battalion OxMR D.
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fol'dshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infa ntry, is
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No~cmber
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fiiurcs
-28 li avepIay-;'d
-m parted to h...ve died. The Anglia struck 1\
mine. The- number on board was 13 officers and II. remarkable part---sufficient tQ make the flesh ofl
the 'I \uperstitious ~~ creep:"-in Mr. Rose's career,
, m oCher .ranks.. of w1!oui &bouf ':roo were saved althd'ugh
he, .nth._ hia marked commonsenso
by -& patrol veeBeL ro!stness-, is only a mns
. ad when hoi> comes acros~
th ' , iu hi., well.po'8t~d diary. Here are a few:_ft home July 28, 1864.
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Started work at G .W:fu ~y 28, 1865.
Left work at G.W.R . Octooer 28, 1865.
To the Editor of th~ " .e&ronicle.".
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Marri€,<! -November 28,' 1865.
Bho,-On behalf of our , Reading " mates would
Retu~ned to G.W.R. Octobe.· 28, 186;.
J-Ou a.ppeal for !lOme: comforts'. such .&B' gloves,
Appomted m ..nagor of the Co-operl1tive SocietYI
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Jnitf.eniJ" BOarreS. etc. t . W .. are. doing duty on
n ... t pnrcbase.fOl: t.he·Society (flour, the time of
Ute marsh ..... bJ> the open _
and w e can do
with Uleea arlicle4 for
We are I\pp~l' the Leiter" coTner'~ in' whea.t). January 28, 1897.
tng to :!J!!!j, 88 we V6- aU "Chronicle!' readers , Bandmaster of_~he G.W.R. (afterwards Readinj'
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w1ien we. &re 'Id home, and we have the paper ' Mechanics') Band for 28_years:. '
Yet
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numerirol
coincido,nce
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that
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seni. ~().wn ~ ua. Antthing in £he" line we have : ~re 28- ooID_mittee-nu>D. &lid managars of bran,ches
memt0ned will be · ~tefuny- recei.v·ed Ilnd 4lck- · In Mr. Rose:'.. district1- -H""iirvitad all of these td
now'1'edged.
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A !SundBY- nawspa.per· eljlctrifies ' with this 0
" ~. bah is> ..--O~ c~__ ~ . the _ hew." j ~o
I WhlClt w.e wouM add" IllS" an.yone be und~~
in the: ma:ffer:: «'mte: ltoenai/B are worn closa 'to the: fbet!'~" ~ -]i'o k PuCk." ,
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81\ee~ the must De, r!lf'1rred to ' Tile Hague.
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2nd BERKS MEN · IN .WRECKED · SHIP.

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HeiV... -eduoated at the' Keodrick School Reading and
waS ·engo./roo a,t M0d8l1l. Hu.ntley and' Palmcr6 'whan
the _w..,. bra"'" out.
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26th Field A,~I~t;;;~L;~:~~lEidiicaI o.IIIeeru·
sores me 'h~t be
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me !rive you o.n bdWf '
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my deepest "JII'P"thl' ~
tNluble. Yoar·
bu~band ......... 8. good!r
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BUCKLEBURY
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Private W . CllU'ke, of
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Buckle-bury, b&8 lai.d
trv. Lieutenant Haye,
C:omp...n'V . write~ to Mrs.
rellt'et to have to tell vou
killed on :the 16th
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" "high tOO:" at the 6nciety's cn.f~ in Cnversba.rl
Road On -MondBY, but three were, from quite un!
n.voidab\e cironmstances, ' tIna ble
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pp.r~;iug 't~e ' evening ,M~~ Rose. :' b~i~';' ~utjinJ

Ina own hIStory. and gave gemal nn . practical
as to ,the value of'· kindness and consider""! '
tiQn comoined with firmness in business. adniilliJ.
tration, alS6 , empbasislng . the . desi rabtenoss- of
practicnl ' tuition for ' the younger, employees. A
nresentation ng .ml)dlJ to Mrs. nose of' an um! I
orella w~th & gold ba n!I. with:. tho dates engraved j ,
and, hl)r husband was tb:6' recipient' of 'an illul I
minltte.r andi framed addre:i!&' {the work of Mrl
'rom--M~ rIel'• .&! King'S'_'1~oad} ,and a platcd inkl ,
ste.'nd~.' ~ angrlL... ~d. .. ~
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sfl'f!EJl'!ll lef~ f!.ll<J . teieg,t'q'ma:
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entJmn()hintg~l b ..w..licGl'
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eontn..sl:ed 1,'" wet night. Ho oongra-t,.\!t-~ !
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uys-: "It h ... been raining
IfrElemng ttli:'~rni~te!lv fOl' tho- last three _Bioi ,
, II. ei&t,e eve..ytliing is. in." ,
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