Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1915

'lH~·· WAR.
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At the be/{inning of Septem~er six ~D. C:M:s /. no~nce4 that. he' 11&<1 bee'n mentioned in diswon in the war ";'el'8 presentell to non-comm:s- . patches'lor staff w.ork at the Dardanell •• , and
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slOned officers and a private of the 1st IBatta IOn ' th~ Berkshires 17 years ago had
Royal Berkshir,ll Regiment 7lfl r riv~te (now'l West African Frontier ' Fo~ce, Bndsrthe E't\~he
Sergeant) E. Hq.rri~ won his ~w~ fo(' carrying . Amy, and ~JJO fought in the Boer War. gyp Ian
urgent messages under ' heavy flire a
g~leat risk. I. Batisf&ct ion. wa~ also affor~ed by the announce- '
He h ad previously performed l da geJ;"O\~s wotk ' ment that ~aJor ~he Hen. RI~hard H~nn Collins,
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dlspn.tches for patrolling the eneI1lY s ' pCSltlOn,
master-general Qn the ·ad)·utant'. a d q
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, comrade · m 'broad ..dllylIght.. iThe l pr~8elLtatlOn I' tenant-9010~el Iwh~lst so employed, the date of
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· was made at ~~Mll'-g b! Ve'tten~nt-,qo!onel~.
the ~romotH~n bemg August 22nd.. Lieutenant.
· ChMe, commanaplg Depot R " ygl Berksh.,ro.'R egl.. ) Celonel Colhns had been mentioned in dill; 7
meat, on Septembe r 2nd, whe n , e ~e rY .I Ilv:i ilah\e t ·patches, and received the special promotion -,of
' ilOn -ecmmissioned . officer a11d mall was on p:t.rade. ! brevet major (June 24th) ,' Colonel Collin. was
: In making th.e preselit!ltion the "!lIcer command- [ appointed inl 1912 General Staff Offic er for N....
.. ing . emph".sis.d the fact , tha~ Harris , waa. £\ ; . Zel\!and: H + entered th,: Army in 1892, and
credIt to h~ffi6elf and plLrents , la nd IIlIso! eulogI.sed served In th y . Sou.th AfrlC:m. campa ign , being
those of h,s comrades who hn? b ~en out to, -the
p~e~ent at t~e actIOns of R!~enost~r River and
front o.nd returned, 'fully knO~lIUg ithe dangerous Z,hka.ts ~ekl He was me~tlOned 10 d:spatcheB,
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'::'wo days later ,five D;';.ti gui'jhed ,: ·Col.,duct clo ~ps and. the Kihg's medal with two clasp• •
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Medn1s were , presented t<:' non-<:omm!!!sl~ed b esHl es bemp; awa.rded the D.S.O.
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Acting cCorpora18 ,R . Mu,nday and . G. " Badcock,
Though somewhat ,belated, the announcemen~
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; Lance-Corpor~l A. W. Sear, 1 and ~ctinItSer.
was also made that'on May 10, Capt. St. JOhD S.
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Wmter and E. Burg~8Jj . '1 hooe n~mQu?,rry, of ~he Roya.l Berks; had been promoted .
' c~mmlssloned office.rs were at , the .tll":" serVing
m~Jor. Major. Ouarry was. wounde..J in the
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th~rd month. of the war. Major C. B. Simonds
WIth the 3rd. Bnttah on at Portsmou ~h .
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Th" battalion WRB formed up ill l10110w square,
Reserve of OffiQers, was a.ppoillted temporary '
and received Brigadier, General l F. .G. L.
lieuten .. nt-colon~1.
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Lamotte., comma.nding ,Portsmo,uth ' G:>rrison B,ri.Lieutenant E4war~ Frank Jj:agar, 9 MBoc;ated
gade, WIth a general salute. 'I he Gener"l . pre,- WIth the 1st Battahon, was reported a. Blight.
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sent¢ the meda.ls and ):,ieutenBnt-Colohel ·· F. G. .1y wounded. Tllis was the second time that he
Ba:ker, commo,n~ing the battalion, road out t,he had been woun4ed, the , first occasion beiDg at
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actIOns f<:.r whICh " they were .recQmmend.ad.. Neuve Chapelle:l, '\"hen , h~ was connected with
Afterwards the - General, addrell8mg" th" . 'lia.€· the 2nd BattahQlt',i ,
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day to a Bingle · regiment,a.Dd·he hoped that' the
BRAVE
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TERMS , ARRANGED
men who were yet ) o go' out".would eml,ihte·. their
deeds.
The ~ gllllall.t, ' deeds for , w.hich .: '. the
'Th/ D.C_rd. haa' boo;' awarded to 11209 Pri;~ie
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T , Bytheway, 2pd Battalion Oxfordsh:re and
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With rega.rd to Corporal A , W.Senr, · it may , Bu"kingpn~hire L. ~. (attached 178th Tunnelling
.be mentioned th"t ,he setved · in ' ,the Armv ,for Company RQyal jEng1Oeers). The official. descrip,
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For con'p,cnqus brav.ry and devotion 1.-) duty
'Aftar leavin~ the 'Army he eotered tha oeririce
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on th e 20th j Octvl>er, 1915. After the Gerdian.'
.of the Post Offic,e at · R.eadin!;, wlIer3 I,,, wa.s em,
'ployed for about a year. On th" c"tbre!Lk of · had e~plcd~d ~ ' mi~e in f~ont of our trcn 9he8, '
, war he wa" immedia tely called u!' I with , the d amagIng ollr gnHerIeB, PrIvate 'Bythcw,,-y, w:th·
,Reserve. He was later invalided h ome suffering · out hetritat; ~g aoa with great courage, went down
from rheuma.tism. B esid e~ ~arn:n(Y. the cr.>veted one gall-erv and ' reECUM t hree men who had been
gassed. He then carried out two underground
distinction , Coroorftl Sear has" Oft"'"11
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cxp~or:\t. ions at great per6on3-l risk, and aecerdeserved praise, for his ge neral cOl1duc t· at the
lAND BRANCHES.
t,~in "d that there was, no 'one in the ga ller;es . . On
front. Needless to :SIIY, his collot\gu<!'s fit the
th., second occRBion he was severel" burnt by 1\
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R eading J;'ost Office !l-re pr eud of t he 'fact ' thn.t
District Manllger-~ HOYLE. ,
Te!~;\.hone-926, Reading.
one of their number .haa acquitted h imsel{ in tangue of b!ue flame. which shot along the gal· Ierv from tHe
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such mer!torious mn:J)uer.
I enemy's side, and
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FmMARKA;BLE WASTAGE.
.duti es ti!l overc'J rne , when he had to b ~ hauled
U1; con~() :c us to the .urf"cc. On the' lOth . Oc tober. "
IA f::ct which wss made Dubrc " t the time
sho~ys the extent Qf , the casualties sustained by · OIl . a. .simil ar. oc&;~sian . lIe reECued two men who
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-the Rov"l Berkshire, Iie·.g iment. IDurin~ the first
were gn:s~ .ed i'in :a galIery; saving their Iive~.
year of t h e war · oyer 4.. 000 m ~ n .,nd ~o officers .
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were dispatched from th e 3rd Batt"li.,n to " reo
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On Tueeday. September 7th, much ple""uie was
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His Majesty t1Ie Kiug has been ' gl'nciously
THE Bl:3T ,BEMEDY KNOWN .FOB
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pleased to ~pprove' of the following Ipromotion
:The follOWing is t.he pa"" ~t of praotical examin·
for distinguished · simHce in th·. fieM :-To ~ atiOllB held i,l' Rooding on Novombcr 15th:DIARRHIEA~COLIC•.
hOnc.rary 'Captain., .· quartermaster ' and Hon • ! Senior ,' divir,ion. - Gwendolic<i Bak"l'! (Mr. A. E.
AN!) OT'.lER ·BOWEL COl(PLUN TB.
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H~"l .v). DorQthy ' H. Cole 11>006.) (Mr. A. W. Moss,
Lieutenant Fran'c is 'cS)'d'ley B OEheH ; 1st· . Batai-a" ..... 10", •
Cubi 'qhr.rJ. ..ttaoke of
·PALPITA.rr.ION. and
F,.R.C.O., L.R.A.M.). Dorothy' M. Pelty (Mi"" E. E.
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A.T.G.L.', Eleanor G. 'Sohcficld (Miru G. M.
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Captai,} Boshe\l , w(i,s.· ed~.cated at " the KClidrick Green,
Moulton.
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~chool, 'R eadirig," I!*d ~.af.in l!)lO-12 '-,,!, evenillg
IntomlCdia.~ division. - Ethel M, Coat", and Ivy
.student at UI\h'er~ity .College, R~<Pll g . He had C. D. Mallabb.v (hor.~.) (Mi.s A. iSt09k), ElRie E.
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~ renk of ' the 'wa.r W!16 'qu:l.1·termaster ·at . the
(Mr. H. Holfoway), MurioI G. M. Thackway (Mr.
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Jl1nlOr <i-i\·i~ion.-E,,·clyn M : 1-1. AnQ"Cll and Vio- ·
hon. lieutena nt III 1908. It i. inte~-estiu g to note
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SATISFACTORY PRICES. '
th:Lt hie f .... ther, Mr. Thomas . B ,,.hell, of .51, lo t Godr",]'" Hin"" (hon •. ) (l\1i... E. Gr_ ..1. Gla.d}'~
Dnv('nno:~Mr. P. R. S criven~r. F.R.O_O.). May
''.1 1. On Tuesday and ' \V ednesday last week, a.t Waverley Road, Readin~, WIlS at R~ "d!ng Bar- K.
r acks for a p~ri~ of 30 years, 'q nd has;, five Davi", (Mi... . DP.verill), Glo.dY'1 W . Gre<;>n (violin)
(hor.1!.) (Miff! A. G: Pa.I.,tUur, A.T.C.L.). Dorot.hy
White Waltham" Messrs., Simmons and Sons, other SOilS serv lllg III the Armv. C.· .nt:iin Boshell
H.ut<ln , (~Ii.. M. M. , Lllk",rl, . DMa, E. Richardson
the well·known a uctioneers._. coud ucted ,wha.t was wounded ea.rlY in 1915. He, with live c;>thers,
(Mr. J. <E. ~a,lT"tt, H ...md<lRn· ,Hou~e., Caven:·ham),
may be ,described as ilPorhaps the largest and was in .. farm mil"" behinq the firing lille, .when
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Dora A. StcIlh<>nMn 1]1.11."" G. , 0 Ha.m).
0110 'of the most · s uccessful Billes of agricultural
Prc paTa tor,q. , division .-'Villl£red L . Ed\vilT~~ r~t ! M
farming stock which have takenplace in Berkshire suddeoly a shrapnel shell ex!,loded not far .a.way.
Two were killed , outright. three were I. wounded . G, Smitb) . I\i1abBi E. Finn , (Mi.: • .G,oon), E<ti.th M.
for ma.ny years. Under t1)6 instructions ()f the
Horsman and No:a M. Ho""" .. n (Mis. ,M .- M.
oxecutrix of the lat. Mr. F . .A. 'Horwood the whole and II p' ec e of shrapnel hit Lieuten",nt Boehell
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"Fi :~·,t. soors" .cli ... ision.-Evel yn R . Nock (Port ,:,
OCCUPIed by 111m at Bury ' C<jjlrt and WhIte HOllse seriously. He was included in t h a list pubJi.hed
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w~ submitted to auction, with :tho gratifying r&- , on June 23rd of those men.tioned Ijn j, dispa.tches . . wILy ColLego,
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sul,t. that every lot WllS dispoReQ. of at highly Jlatis- H e h!16 Q 80n ~erying in . the. 6th B'rigM'~.
facto~y: ,figures . .on the first day the principal '
Ten , Berkshire, ca.ptains ' . ,veJ,:)
promoted
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lU&clllnery and lluplemonts,' poultry and dead majors, 'viz. : T. E . .C.:. Hunt. ' G . P . .. S. ' ,Hurtt,
Ii B. W: Ca.r(('r, No. 15. .- Priory 'Avenue.
stock; together with the I:i<}l'ses and - colts filled ,W . . K,:. Bayley ..;A . E. .F . HRrris . -q.S.O" (Bra,v et
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J . Bruce Simmon•. 4, Bridl(e Strcet.
BnAcKNBLL' - Slephen ' Cartcr, Church Slreet.
Of: th e <lea d stock, the chief items" were the . MalOr) O. H. T. Lucp~, J . R. " B9.sse~t.. (B.revet
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' CnO'1lTHOIlNe : -G·e.org"· 'W"lle, ·Bllilder. .
' ~achinery-which m"~o · hi*h pgures, il. 7 h.p. · .Maf:o r) R. J . € ollins; ' B. G . Dr»mhend" .:A..
I'ANGOOURNK :-Charles Awbory, ' Brook Furlong.
engine by Marshall reuching \;8100; and the thresh- Ho'd,worth' (..djutn.nt ·3rd Battalion). and :'p. E.
SPENCERS WOOD : -J . Middleton, GroveIaoda.
ing machi no by the snme firm fetched £65. The ' L: Ela;ee. Up ·to this time no fewe,': than .fifteen
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SUNN!NGBll.L: -Ii'. P .zzcy, Fental'! House.
wagons ami carts ull sold , well . Ii , spring van captains had obtained Mva,nc ementto field
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C~.e by
TWHORD: - Henry l\~Qyinl\rd, 'Hllt'h Street.
realising- £ 20 nile! an ' exc~l\imt' cattle cart £28
rank in the Roy:\l : Berll:sb,ir~ Regin/ ont.
W ANTAU K: -H. N. N1Ch'OIa , ,!nd Son. Market Place. 'l 'here was" brisk ' demand fo r the plo b h ':
A RubeeQuent announce ment was to the e ffect
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:WOJqNGIlUI : _Messrs. Helldl'. gton l and , Sona, WAI., rows - and .rolls. Following ' the:'uood 8t~cks, oo~e that Captain L. W·. · Bir-d, commalldill~ . tlie ' lat
hng!.!'n Brewery.
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the poultry, which "numbered' 400; ,There was Bnttnlion Royal Berkshire . Rejl;ment. ' h ad b'e en
The BU8me88 of the.. O:ce
C~)Qfincd to ~e . Umteel.', "ery. keen' competition for these. many of the lots : appointed temp9r ~.ry major. th e" date being
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()t my 'baok." ' !laYS
REAPING
' !Ve of wlllch were yearlIngs) made an average of
Mrs. ,Elliott, of 6. '
George' Ru'see1l Butle'r ') Son 'a~d Peio . 6 Market' £58, whil~ the nine best.hoTs.EIil · produce<! the hIgh
WJ'itinR early i1) · .Septem~er, Priv.a te "W,illillm
R~Il·grove, RegenL
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Allen, of Greenh,a m Common , gave' this inP",rk-road, . .Birmir\g.
W. E: Butler. 87. Cha.tham Strflet.. . .
y~rlinl? wero secured by Mr. Br.azIl at the respec- formation: " . Our fi~i~g, lin" i~ only . se~enty yaros
ham. ' 'My Mad ached
Yrankl,.Cook.ey and W,a!k6r; 17" 'Market Place. ' bye prIc!,~ '1fr ' 7 gs. ,and, 73 11:;. A seyen-yeur·old fro,m the -Germ~n Im ~ " a.]l.d ~n som-e p~~ces, only
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C. H Dodd. 16, Friar Stroot.
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epUt. and I had no .
bean or energy for
Eggint.on and Spn, 150; Friar, Stroot.
' 1~r-oJ4 geldlllll'. reach~ tIJe toP. figure of' '83 It".
anything.
When I
;lobn ill Gould 164.. Friar Street
. fhe colts were a partlCull\rly ' good lot 'and were .haVl~ ~lne ,officer and sever~ p,riv",~es, wounded;
g>Qt up 'in t.he morning ' .
, Heelai, .Sone a~d Co:, Ltd .. ' Mineicr. Stroot.
hel\de.l" bY a 'v ery fine unorokeiI . four-Yeur·old; ,'" ocaptam, c,:,~pany ~erlle\nt-major; "' _I se;.ga(\nt
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from
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J. Herbort Epworth House,Sidmoutli Street. '
wlncTI fekhed 80 s~·
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to foot . . I ' got . little
Bewe" a~ Churchill, l2, StatioD Bmd.
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T.h.. Be('ot'lCl day's Ra l e commopced with the re- village, "tp,e church 1o . whlch ha6 bC,e n ·_'·b 3.tbei-ed
sleep at nighL, and ,
'S impson,' Wilson and Co., '27~ and 28; Market Ple-ce. IUmndet of the dead istock; for :W:hioh 'there was to ,the ground. The ~m~piy ,1\.1'8 sniping ' iib6ut ',by
miiId aDd body. My
.Arthur G. We.t. ·F.C. ~., 5~" Mar~et· I;'laoo. :
good competition; followed
' the valuable and d~y and
unhealthy'
oolour. Rnd
:a.nd ·m a.ny " c omrade.:g" ts killed
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'my eyes. I u8M to
F. W ..: A!lw"l!ht. ,6. StatIon Rolld. :
numerous herd of horne.d
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comi~" round . for all food
'Cnxwqll alld CalLl,lJng, Broad"'ay Building•. Station furm I.IRa' been noted for mn
TS. fl1lIe catathlco ••inl" .. th:sH- se~r<lhlig~,t,,_,.ov:er to our frout"
Though I had the best
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sol.d :remaTk;
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