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S'ERGEANT.MAJOR W. KING, ,Royal
Berks, . has been promoted t~ b. . . . . nd
lieuteMnt for serv:ce in Ih. field. He II
the hold.; i of I~e D,C . M., whle~' wal
awarded to him " or consp:cucUI I ga~! ant r y
on~sePlember 28th, .,19)5.
During and
all r ttl attoek' on F(sse 8, when ·mOlt of "
, th oHicers had been ,killed o~ Iwounde'd,
Selge,nt.MaJor King led the men with
the greale .t bravery 'and a total ' dllr, a.rd
to pers'onat sa:ely . . He afterward. reno
dered invaluable IOrvices In helping to
reorganise the battalion.

FRO, THE MU$IC HALL STAGE TO THE
FRONT.
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LANCE·CORPORAL ·P. UPTON, Royal
Berkshire Regimen'; only ,on of Mr. and
M,,;' Upton~ 268" pro'wnhlll , Road, Cat·
fo',d, aged 2'1. , dle.~ on: '24th March from
woundl l received i,n action : , H'e was I~
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ing' in Ihe machine.gun ,ectlon. He ' as
a , music·ha:1 artiste- Perce Jerome,
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Jerome ' and J .rom"!I patter .oinedlani-':
and was appearlna at Newbury wh'•• , he
Joined up.
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BASILDON MAN'S DEATH.

PRIVATE THOMAS MAS
of the Royal Berk,: Reg
anlt Mrs. Georg J Masli,\,
B'Sildon, died on ' April 3r d
ceived in action whil l t
British Expeditionary Force
, Mallin lofned Ihe For...
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Ion of Mr.
lower
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will:! the
I~ Frari ••.
in 1914. ,

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