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cap,fa;,;, 'in &' Ietwr t" ir;'. Itool)o~'. "j,"
company ha,a been tf\klllg pl1 r t in Ihe . '
plleh and hOI .had '~ number of <a.u~lf,i" f ~ 't, t

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SERGEANT A. SUR.RIDGF,
hnvfng been in the R-oyft..1 Berks fo r upwardn
yea re, Sergeant Alfred 8urrid,e, of 9, -8oho
R<lading h.. been kilJoo.
1 ~vo COOH'adH
Mro. BUrl~dge that the d<>cea.oo, fel! on July
did ' not .uJl'or pain, becan.€! • piece of
J,im . clean throllgh th·. he",'i'~
&I'Il'~nt
Q," """l.~. wae 26 years of IlgE, nnd had mlly beeu
' about 12 mon th.,
-: SERGEANT ' W, CABJ, E-

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to inforfll you, ie

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There WIWI a ~erl' Heavy machlll<>-sun II , ~ , ,>n,
he wu ' lQyally followin g hif! plnlt),l n cor';n lhri P I
'T\ho W08 killed

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tha,t .o. 01'081 had beon put o,,,e-r t.h~ <lecr llh.'~rjO,
t.o hIS memory.
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PRIVATE H. HALLUM.
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Ctll1non .SLreP,t, R';O-dmg.

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qer lIjI,pand, Prlyate H~)'Iy lJ"IiUflf, h, " I"
kil1ed,~_a~d that ~e hune\l him \\ilh U3 ')1 lILt' {:\~ ~
!'Il..de s. 'lh,is ,deQeasc.(], who W'I\-e 23 H'JIS "f I ~
J04~ed up soon, altet· the outbreak .;/ " Ai' , 11. '.~ ~
natlve' 01 Readmi. a.nd hU9 olJ l,Y bt; " 11 tJlfi H. J' : 1 ~ ' ,d
bwo year!'. At ()n·')
the R c.ll.d ing Gol! L inke,

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SERGEAN'l' 1<'- R. 8TIEnEI1
8e~a:.ea.nt !,rQde-rick niehll.l'd Sti{'t){.~" 1'"n , : "1,
8nd ~rs. Stwber, oj, 12, Fl~!l\rnt.(o l' H('" d H. ,' , 1 1"
h!l.~ died of 1\·ounde. A, natn' o (, f Hc-:'d lfl{<"
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e-ducoft f,lo,n at N(':wt,o\y n S r hcol, Rlld \\ ,,/0 I lill(, \\ i,l 'I
:r...Jr. Grigsby "ft.':! t.lre hep.d ,mn.!'/q·,
0 '1 \q, \ :"J.'

8chool \' ho fil'&t wen~ to the BJ e<:u it F lI(' I I.) ) H' ld \' , ~
aft.orw'fl rdll apprentIced to the pln,..,t.(o t 11 1ft H(, ~ , : ,
sequedUy entel'od . the empl~Y~lel\l, rJf 1 I1 I r; " Ii ,
and ~V-8@ at the ~J.me of enlJeLJllfC 1\ )ll Jl i( ( ', .. ' 'I
P~dJmgton Statton,
~.rgc.nllt Sr Ich . I' j'!l1I oi
wIth 1,:o1"n Bowley, of W 1lI<.l;;or. l\ )10, i, 1\,\ \ : I '

mp.mhcred, won the D,C.:\f. D('L.oCJ~,'d
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PRIVATE A DAY.
Inr01:}11ation ha..", been l'cc<:i, rd Ihal PI I\"" M
'bel,t Day, hu!bn.ptl of ,l\frs, Dil L of 1n L,\\,. I' ' t'"
BUlI.clings, Rea.dlll,S', died of W<) !l 1ldfl ( ,II ,JU t ) ~( I \
rCC8]ved the pnt'v luue day . 'l }u, .Je-c"f i'.ucl \\ .. ~ (" Jy
20 years of age,
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LIEUTEN ANT DAVID
~ lieutenAnt D a.vid F<;ootma.D,

of the law R~v , J ohn Footman
JLIld i!-,'and.on of the Jate Dr, D.
Kennanl, of Lamhourn. He , )Von
oPllBpiQuous galla.ntry. when
Ion t·he ene my's trenohes.
al example .and s kill,

the I'nemy "00
, Jilh .light ios •..

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Ca.pt&in Palmer, in n (c tt C' 1' if) \r,~
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(4He wa.e 1Voundcil !'llrly on July 19lh \ 1)' u r ll' II
wl,lioh pitohed in the fh e 'ba.y " h(ll'() JJ{, "J,,~ "1~L n' l , ;':
I-Iis leg was bl·okcn. and n~ he \\ .tS holpJ r .f' HlfJ ~'~ I I It
Dare, a.t great Ilors,o na l l is k, J'I'I'l U I{\ / t l Ill.
brought hJm back to slifen,", but. h,' aijf'I' I' ,1.1 " <I :,

cumoed t.o hlfl wounde.

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Inurh be lo"'ed by us all [01 lI.l.li 1 ' I d II,g,ness."
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B righ t Sheet, Read1Jlg, is f: llfl e r: ng /10111 "I I,. J
wound s III the hack. Illl d j,;: l l1ogJ' l! <I.~ : : IÂ¥ fl ~Il l l ~ ,

i n l !\ll h n ch e~te l' JI o~pita l.

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