Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1918

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SERVICE IN MESol'OTllU ,
To be Maj~;:--G;Jleral.
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leut.-Co1oMl lUul Jkoevet Colooel (Tem.p.
MmNl. . . .) F. F. Rood,. C:B .• C.M.G .•
D.•.0., Royal Berk. ..:
)hlltioDed i. Ouer,,1 Murah 11' Despatches
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Ill' ....1' tip/ended bI Mr. F. 1.
~I:on.\t dl;om·. 'II'h_ heIId
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• ..d ',aid her- h~8bancl .. ~ laI_lHI'
Jay in. q\~ hou.the prupaer
aIwu t 5 ,0 d!ick, a~ .at ~~.
ill 1\ . ·/UUf ,10 . 11 .T~m .wh..h
.. kj ll· h~n !lnd 81tti1.!l.~'
",1I<ly fo r him . ..and \.118 dmoer .
Ill'.. n. ns .1I • had. not .bet'D boat.
H,,,t lIa,.. She poured h 18 t. 0 •
ll or hUIlband got up from the c ., by .
tire and weut, to the. t~ ..table.
the time
ll"i ng 9011\1' • b~l\.utiIul
!~t>.
He
.then picked IIp the 10 f "hu'h
. on tile
lea table, 8od't~re'll' it 00 the ~otre of
tbe .tab]", ma hlDg some of the croclcer;y.
11 \ilMl~ the· ~np a d tb.e tea
&II IJnlt
on lhe Boor. H\!r husband th.D t .r it from
.dti~ rOOD. i nto- the k;ikl~n .blnd the
froot room. 'fbere he rNJl8meel tor a short
tiwe and tbl'n re.tllNlM to t~e front room.
and ruuck LeI" a -fe... blo.... lD e i~ on
,the left hand aide.
Sho thO\ t It 1I'~
\he ·chopper. but she could not y that Jt
l"a8' it mal' have *u don. by the 8tkk
a"u..~le pn>CIuced. · She tboq4,t DOW that
-it ,!!tar.
he £e.U\flIllb&rtd DO
re ..(ter
ecre,ulli!1K -" murder." whilst .be WLW l!l~
em the lIQOr . •.Wbirst ·lit.ere .IM! -ireqileotly
., bw.!hed" her' be -held up her left arm
. ~ prii~t e~. She CAudat .evenl
blu"''' on her arm. . Sbe twiee ' O§Creameri
" Murder.'" and the ' priaoner . tIlep.
ran
a...a)'. · ,She ~uooeeded io aetu.c to . the
frOl)t ~Ioor, .when- ~e called i
.r h.lp... •
Blood ....as . /lowing fr~11 ftuID bel" hMd.
t; lie was assuted to the sink t.g ha v.e the
lJl.Qod wa ed aw)\1'.
Sb~ Willi
nvard,.
oouv .. ved ' to tbe ~o al Bert H
ital. and
,<:\8 di4cltnrged that day lUI an ·i po.tient.
III reply: _to Mr. Ral~liJ!'e, witnt!S8 8ftitl
"he ·hod . correctly' dt 'e rlbed h8*,' as the
prisooer:s_.... il.1l. Sh~ ~id J.I.(n .k.~~ that .her
:fir"t bUilbiUld W:I" Illtve. . H18 name was
Rouse ll.
l£r. Web~: ·IIl it. nee
ry to
<tJÂ¥:!!lwn ~ ' It doesn't . appear tu
to tbe ;;:mtter.
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Ir Ratcliffe : It oos lead up to the lI1llt.
tel" -bu I .. tIl not pursue it it you think.
it ~nnecessary. ·
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~' QTtber questwned, the wito
on the morning of the attack her
had QuarreU~ about .the brttaltf t
lIODlething. but du~ did nol rE'[
it was. 'l'he accused had · never .1.'(lP.lI)~I.~elU
of her ' oo!IdU1)t to his children
wife. ' The two ralllilieoi, too. •
mM' h uaband IIJId the aoc~'
..11 Iiyed ·in tite llouse , ~tbf'r.
exception of Ule elder ooti. woo wert>
at oome. She denied that "hea her
band c.t.Ull'! in- ~h6 said with an oath
1lla diD'D9I' WIU ill the oVen. The
. _ 'not dropped br &eeideat. it ..:(~
on the table. Wb .. u b~r rnu.baltd · .... tun...t
fhIIiP fh . itllheu' he did ItO meet
trith 1\ )lObr.
Wi tn8li IIJII ded .
awn,.. to N I duo't remember
ftvl~"i . . .
after being knock~ on the It
remember ha Ylng the pour in
She did' not rem.elDber Btrikin,
00 the baCk of .l te 'heaa bef
Iter_ 'i'he~ri" ouer bad bMil a ay
at wort." 8he tiai -ue;-er 1cJIo-.ra him stU}'
away , from .hi ' work'• • It ,.... Vl'1"Y ' lik~l"
tbat-"th_ had been ;~1f ~ UtI' pl"isoner'a clri1dreu Yj!l"e' giYE'n tbejr mea1s in
the liG:hen i sbe ~er\'4'd thelll there on
accouot of tlie SmaLln •• of the ront room,.
Rer busoond was ah'nli .ulk,y, and hI'
complained .bout htlr i,inr
nt "itb
m~o 'a nd olher ·thin,,"
tie 118';' "oaggt'd, "
th :iooti&ed. the faUlt "as oIi Ii' side ollly.The prisoner ~lw"'Y8 broutrht her. htr
weelcly Dioney. Clod · he h~ped he)' In .the
h~ I'Ometime<> . "With tli, .-work . . SUe be.
lie veil iiI' iu1feri:d iritb ta,ia head at timet!
lieca.u he acted ro .tr• •, .
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'ro ': Mr. · Webb : Her . h ....... ·aad Dever
been drWlk &lACe they ha4 bM8 married.
. Til the Cleric: 00 tbe witole r hutlband
Willi quite, . tem~ate lllea .
Ellie Be.D.n.ett. s:s, Vidoria
• RMdio( •. a married womaa.
'cl abe jae&rd t).,
lact witness . ecr.llung.
Wi
rnalled
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from ller 801186, :lid as a. did 010 she . .w
!he priaooer r.ullD!!a¥ past her
I' .itboet
J.at' or coet on. _n. lIiJ18o. u t'Onred
with. blood Aowi.. h'Om a ' .
d in her
A.d . 'Yi~~ ~nd U! ~~.
'd with .. .
toWel.
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p.e. A., F. Coo\;" uid 'IU, .. . . Keel to '37.
Vwtorla. :Road. 10 t~ ........ he II&W a
'~lIUIJ;it, ·"ot blood '
tile 14Dr. He eaWed the ftollt toom do...t...itoI wh_ h.
• • _ _ blood OIl the Ieor-i. abo Oil' the.
400r ..ua pel j)ictuna. ,, '
lobel
.the ·.iwiel 'li••dle procl'-.
'From ~e
froat room. h. YMlt iot.o tIa.. '~...ahd
.....\.tto~•. wh'1cl1 were
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tb_ (Olln.d blood in .~_
. H!l
fo\Q4 tb.. piece of stick
o~ the
t&ble. It had marks of
poo It.

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Berbbik-'Relliment : 21ld Li 01. O•
IIrd. Bntt. (S.R: . att~ . 'l /~th Batt;. .
Regt. (T.F.); aptnlD 1 . R. D.
W~~. Srd &tI. (R.S.), :lttd. 3/1Mth , In.£.
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Menl iODed in Despatch!'!' .
Royal Be.r),; hir4! Regj!Jlent : Lieu t. E. 11'.
G. WOrdell, M~. ; SUM Pte. W. Bown. 7th
Batt.; 11
C.Q.M.S. n. Brown , 7th BaU. ·
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PER SO. -AL TOTES.
Temp. Brii.;Genera!l:> C. Borl'~ tt. .D.C"
C.M.G., D ... O.,. i. a son of the late Major.
Gelleral Herbert Charles Borrett. C.B .•
Lallca.~ter Lod~. Both Road. Rllt\diD.g. He
was more thon O:D~ wounded duriDg the
WA~ and S/lW some v~y se,-ere fiahting.
He ..,.on manr Wilt hODObJ1!.
Lieut.-.Qj\dne1 .1'. G. Barluu', of tanlake
Park, 1~ord, ' who i has . "eived' tbe .
.B.};. (llllitarY Di\-ision) for hOlD8 ser·
.,.i~, commandid the 3M ltciyal. Ber
for
eipt 1MI"S. and. follow~.Dg the outbreak! of
w 1"1 rellderM plendid !'rice in the orpJUSatioJl 0 draft for the battalioD8 at the
front. 10 In~ he "Wellt to Fmace. where h.e
ft..mod for a :rear.
t\l~Din,. he took. up
tbe p6eition of Fresideot 0 the Wages
Doarii Committre for Berkshire. He com"\.
tnAlllls- tile )tOyal Ber\:t 'Vollm teers. l1e is
a J.P. aad mem,?&r of e Berkshire County
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Few officers in the Tmy .bnOli so maIl!
war' hOBOII1'"8 to thei credit ns Major.
Gellernl F. }'. Ready, .B., C.M.G., D•. 0 .•
Rial Berk_, Mel few Iui.,e ·tendered 6u~1l
ucellellt service. At he ontbre k of the
war he beld the ronk of major; hi D.S.O.
'beloqs to the p ....EUlOPean war' period. H.
has been lllentioned in dO!l!patcbllS on many
ocouiolll!. and hold"
me foreigD . decor.tio
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Colonel ~, O. ·R.
alsb. cOlD.1!1lUldinlt
olicer 0 the De~tj lit Readiug. wao hl18
jutt betia. awarded tb~ O.B.E .• has had n
\'aried military ' career He joined th.8 t~r·
viee in .February, 1887. wheJ} lie was lIOSl;ed
to the 2nd Batt. 0
he Royal Berkshire
Reau..llt in Jr&land. In 1888 he sened in
tho Borma Call1pW.p with the IndiaD
Army. fot' Whkh - ll~hOlds a medal and
clMp. Be wlI.I\ prom
to jjeutenoDt in
1 1. aDd W8 attaoh
1or . 8 short time to
t ~o Ordllance De-parh nt ill 1 +t.;. Fol·
l<)wm, that. in 18i1G. /Ie 111'119 absorbed into
the 1st Battalion nt~lifll • Nova Scotia.
We t Indies. ' beiol
,md also , TVi'd in l
U.. rr· a Adjutant at ·t. Lllcia froJll Non 'mJioor. 1817 to A ii, 1 • 00 . proJDO.
h. r
rll~--to • ~ad. aqd
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rio. to the
Re • ned thro\1Rhont 'the
8Ilrlier x:prtioft. with the bd
.... na..o.n. and tbf\Jl ~ the stall. for which
awarded t.he. King's Dnd the Queen··s
botll with two · clasps. Ill' 1903 be
reifoill8d the eel Ba lalion in Egypt, 8lld
was tl'8.Mi.nted Iq tlie 1st Battalion io I ....
luncl in 1~. His 'ne ser,.ice was in India,
" ...... he exchaazed with Colonel (then
Major) Foley. Returniag with the 2ni B&:ttatioII iJl. 191~ he proceeded to Frnnce In
NO'Mllllber of' that ~r. flnd in ;rMuary.
1&15> wbile in
cOJllJDRnd. was very
oe~j.r
rendered ¢~ fQr

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