Berkshire Chronicle Reading 11-1916

~ ' cOm.ila~lY ~Orgeanl.mnjor i!n.
sta tion,ad at the Q~~ ee u '.

decea~ed ')~aa in h ~6 CO!!~.

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did , not apwar.

~1J8'h eorno of the drill.. As
'before the, medioe.l~· tward on
J. bu~ th~-Dlcdlcul 'OBf1oor r~turncd'

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witQeas :gn\'(~ th.e c o nlp~IIY p ol ioe
an d find out whpre he W'lllS . \VjtL

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a Prh' ato in ' t·h. A.S.C .•
as u. miliba.ry poJic8lnan .
to find th,, ' deceased.

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towa.rd. ' Sonning. Nellririg "'n",,'i,,~
.. .,oldier something like ' 0.
""II:Y. 'TheY ' did not "know thnt ' ,
deoeruied,
On .... ing ,them ' coming,
tlJroed .round . ond wo.1koo .. wa), (rom U'em
<ilotllllC& of 3QO to 400 yanda In the qiroction of
Son~, &lid, 'I,the,. .commenced running after him. I
ddeD!y Ille soldiel' stopped 8.nd walked down th. ,
. ,1. Inlil ' the w&ter. W4sn they .reachec(. t.he' ~pOt
t,'•• old ier.had di."PP64r~ . . Wit neo. and' hi. ?OI[&agu~ then ran -to ,the lOOk for help and a ,hl>1I.l;

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bOdy ' W<I. ' ~~1J?d
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tlaltlnto 'the water;" be ' entered ~t -intention a lly.
jury ,:, Be ·.coqld~' :p.ot see if d eceasedto
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~n'1irur· TAk. I""".e , evidenc~ of

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ning. WitneSs,: ~ouJd no~ ·I;';im.i' Deceased did not

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it til. water irom 15 .to 20 minute .. ' "
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report9d absent from t hs

'deceased's billet and found
reln av",:l only 'his' 'great coat being
-DOO<",.~ fwilS a quiet ll1 ~n. end did not give
' Iuul beeu , passed . fol' and ,

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re:oQ.veriitQ. the bOdy. J. .The body...... ,varm: but 1lath..
tllere ""OlQo ' DO 5Ign& of \Iifa. ' W#ne&. tried Ilrtificia.l G:W:R,

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"',,!l:lir'at.ion, . apd ·;'ith t he ass.ietanoe .of p,e. Wheal ,and !altLful
fi nd .t-1 \ay
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tn19 was non'tinur¥1·-.fer' over:. .n:n hour. _
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tbe ' jliryl' Tb., hady wa..
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.t .~ ·dec~M!. ,l6..fd ua )ilfa by . ·n.tt~mp"n~ t? escape
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the .,military., l>olJC8 ~hv CI'Of;AInq tho TJve r,

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T;I!,t:.enham). w.tohed tJ,o c
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I . ,m·_"B"'~If":! . SERGr..'lAJrRWALD~OH HONO~","
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I . - To the Editor of the· <, Chronicle:"
Among ,the IJ'ard.. of tI,. Mc' f1 lo rl o" a
Sn-.'7Tt .'!'.... .with l;b!" deel>e~t )'esr~t r read' in
i"''''' S'e rg\,8Jl l-Ml\io r
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your. lust',lssue' a,! ~rt:tole . ,ad!~9",tlIig: the~ 6et~fng I.~''''.''''A Corps. eldest son
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']lP 'oli a :W"r-I ~~D.e ill ReadlDg. ·, t;!urely ,,;e. are
Nook. Wbiney.
He
SQ .8jlOrt:'l'emorl~ 88 £0 .~9~.ecl, <
"In ·.i~oJ"tro\'B
by rescu ing wou nded
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fo b",se*:up In ·01lr.m.J4.t t~ re.m~d )l~~,?f
from ' ~rons, nod hi> ~'e(lOnl,,"n
dee~ :dOD"""'f our" brave: soldA.,,-,. a'ld worde(;. " For ,"r~
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' the.,' ,p~~~te '",f ai;admg' wi")i to . , ~;r' . i.tent good work WltLt
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lJlemo.r.lei '01 t4oil~ ..who ha.ys . so .nobly unde r vcr}: trying co,o di.tio,ns.
Kii;lg lind o oun try wilf heartily ' corl!,\,'o.tuln.to
something useful. s"1' endow" beel, '.01', 'r ecipient o'f Ii; 'f~h-deserved

'li!~~B ~lood 1.or thea-

wJ,,,t would be'-better if funds -could- be r"isere ,a
new ·wing. to',Qur ' ho.pitM. or , Bomethil;g of thIs
·kind, nnq· thus _save '< 'God's -dlsplellSur'9 and the
o! the' ..coll&cienceo of ,many lOr ~ur loyal
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brother L6o. w.e I known
Is also. set'.ving ' n the

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Army Service' Co ps, a6;" ",,','''o nnt,
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the front sl xte n months.
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