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Captain) 'S o 'BoYIII!
B ei'Irshire' RellimentL

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consrilouous : 'g~l"!~".
rdm en t ' the , ~iJtelni.~atdl'.d '
Boy le .

~isplayed ': 'f8rilat (, I

r"ge, sh ot the le~ding e!l~];IIy: l'S
Oil , I,he par~pet, organfsed . !l!,'l:li~' :
uS' -on t bun ed ·..men , . elea..re~ tlle
ell olll)' i nn? tll. ndled tlie : . itua.
'1Jl a. ma s/'.E:"l'l y mauner.
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Ihe MiHary eros." to a gallant I.'
. if lil e fi r5t of!icial inti,m~tion of
raifl .ill Ma v ln s t ou th e trench"" of
Ho!"j , Berkshi l'o R eli,i ment< ') \'0.
\\','re sou ,lid frol)1 the mIlItary
. " ~,~e 0' 'Ih e battalion could not'
til e I i·mo . thotlg h It wa ~. fairly Widely
t ho ·1 'e,. ri U)J·i~js hud sus tained a Con,
of "' ," ualties. It hR.s ;,inee>

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.s.e vci'n ! of th e battalion are : priGe nnnn), . . It is only due to the

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Berk s thu t lhe Iacts shQu ld ,now
some people' still seq~ to ' be 'un~r
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I.hut they ha" e . h ~e n idle since
n, :n~, Lite I fr~l~ t. I
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ANT DETAI L S.

lI\idll~!l.hf on . ~lay

15th.'

lh~ . , Ger.j

th r ee Partie•.
bnck. out the thio-d was ' 'ncJ"n linu our' first lfne. · B aDd J?,
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tr~?ch. with A B;h.'d c
csperate 6gLtll\g ellSued , .,.qd'
.l,elling of the en e~Y'6 .. rtplery
r ifl es were' bune.D In ' th e t~cneb
"in, ,,'ith t.1ie resu lt that several
, to fight \\i,t h. Weir ' listsi
The
fr a ntic pffol"ts to re~h OUr ~econd
"e" 10ll)(hl, ~ nl ga ll a ntly th at the
Gte);' foiled ~'n hi s ' ~ttemp and
' an l~Qu)" wos driven out, Buetain_
~Rl'i cr tI ,a,, ' ~l e Berkshir es, , .l he
seV~ f' e loss s on . the m. ! rite
.\ hnn d,.ndll,ent :,v as mnin tnined ' unW
h oldfn.g th e

tilJ cl"v r ellJicd v~ry eifectiv';!.
" i<cl; of bray e ry ' On tlie part
",,,sn,,e lallly ' ,j,i"illg the til(htl llg' ,il , the
,althoUlllt wound~~ '

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com 'riHJes, onc e
, 'CC't'fl).ge or
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in j)icking' up
' .demon..$tr at..ing
Britfsh ' sol.d~er8 .
the Berk:! on
driv ing tbe · enemy
was worthYl of the

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MEAD, ·R.E,)I.., son 0
Mri. Mead ; 3, .Br.oa~ Str •• t.
' ....'\ham •. killed " by ~'I?I\ on J

, area"y blomb~l'dOlellt ,]astln!!
,ed our hn es

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