Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1918

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IDiC.~t be aebd oC him. tat
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JIio ~de ~tola. .r id.......necIh ~
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the lUI, award, A~ ,. th 'adadJe 01 tile
' Mala,.
.... lJIU' ~ the cpIDpaIlI "erei" .ctioD •• ' ija•
. , . are the ,.....ta
117 th,' . . . &t \t " Xemmel 8e'Ctor. fIliI. In the lettir DUt of,
i . .vitable pani.. ..
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A1lcust they ".,-e . .jo,~ 8. "~Ir.rned
be4!lI tn.e Ulro
UHI thiJI. ~ t"Nt in 1l'DC! al'01IIId eaaeel.
, trials and tri ~
er. leel caeOn Sept~m1ler 38th the divi ion ".at
ecious of tbe " ........ w
CJaeerict 0""" ju t lOutb of Y,ree. ill the 0,-",
ea IOldi~r Ileld8m - ) ' I ~~)I..)lOP& "e pbaae of the battle "lUch reAulted ill dri~.
paU m~t , apiA . . . . dal. '. !'lever in
the aermen. from a laq. part of
....Y ~nd of mea Ilu , the true epirit of "lUll. From that ~ to the 'Anaiatice the
" .Esprlt do eor.,."
' more trUly ~- division. ndvanced aliout 80 kilometfellt to
Iieed.
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GrammOllt. i,a Courtrai. IIU tbie ·,ntalled
' - " The oomPll{fr alt«. .11 thorouah trllilljBc te",iic work for the 81p.t ,Ce1Qllll7.......
from meet ,
ciellt .
tor. embarlred iIlc tel~oniO COID.Uni~tt01l frvm batta.
for nctive ee 'ce on J
r~ lItiI.lt18,.. lioll to
'chi from biipde to ' Iii.uioa.
, I~ miRt ,h ...ted bt "lUI the dllty HO'Wev~1,'1 esPite ' 0.11 diJfcul~", "and, oJ..
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"hich- tlio '1i'P.8 'I had to perform. .tllel.. tne "ork -"&8 aOOCllDJIIUIIed 'Iutl! "
The ' objet "Q~~""
maintain tlUJ liD.. tboroughlUlSll "hiOO lully aPh~~the
9f , OOI1lmnnicatiOll bet
,battalion. ~n!i reputation of the oompany.
,
a1 ..
~ipde.i IlJId b6t..._
br~ ~d dlVh tioaa ....1'9 more than once reeelV
f'1'OIIl
e~; -Tbe compall''''
clivjded lDto fOW' the hig~er oo!llJlUlDd .
sections ;tbere "as 1\
visional head~U&I'The lOllS of 1IIalI~ good tell ow, came as e
: ten' sccti n ~nd
hriaade "!,bo;a.. heavy blo" to all. for tho brotherly fileliDg
At tfIe outee teletlbOllic
cpmmuaucatioll".. stroll«, and e~mpathie8 lIle also. with
willi cl).iefty
sed, lmt later wirel_ ""u thOeo who falled to go the wholo course by
yargely ipllW ,a~d
"ork w~ dOll. reuon of lI'ievolle 1VoUlids, and all aro
by the 'WIIe18Sll se«:tiOll
ht 10rwRZd In tho wiahed. speedy and sure recovery.
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front line. ~en hee:
bomba.rdment.
Nllw ~e i/o-at hand. &Jld ali (or 1leI\rly
brvke the r
v.lua.
work .
1I'0t all) ,ae.laobililltd. nlwo.Is 'Will thelearBthrough by m
of W
898. VlIIUal 0001- in be to meet
"Old Pals," an de~
munication
!I alOlO
in emergell<l,; pit. the horrors of wnr many nre the pIN.
but itlns h8 ttdlY .tr reliable. oll<inll' to the ant recollections. of happy times I\1ld aa:lOoountr -fUld
dition8,
ciations enjoJed W'hilst sorving in the ReadLan !fg tit
Havre the company made ing Signal Company,
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10" the St, Orner di.trict, where a fo'"
days wero spent. in beeclmiull' a.cclimt.tised,
etc, The preeenCIt of the old Londcn motol'
" bulleS certainly tended to make them _m
~ , li tUo moro homely than was actually tbo

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. 6n F ebrllafJ llth, 191 part of the company attended a~aJ' • which " as in•poeted by Lord Kitch_er.
FIRST HO OURS.
Earlv in March 88.1" t~ division U i n
at:tioo '" roughly on the sector eaat of MarTille ; later they JDove4 a little north to
Neu ve Cl.apelle. On
1st the. compa~y
8U8tain~ it s first casual ea. Safper R08hler
and Sallper
Huonon (0 , 90, Oxford
Road) . being iUed w~e · ~11l .IIDe , patrol.
On Hay 8t h t
oompaD)' reoelVed Its Dre~
h.ollour~. Sa.p
Ho1mee. of , Nowburr.
being' awarded the II.M. He tWice left !ill
:d'u.Jr~u t to reiNIir "ire uder hea.vJ fire.
In June. ,lili. the COJll ny hnd a. rather
- enjoyable timljl ill and
1ft Bethune. On
luly 2nd they started I
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lOuth
n.,rn.,iTIJot.A• in the
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tht w01llldi!W ~ 58VerBJ goOd men of the .atioD. Writ~ home
at tlle time a Readiq IIlJIl .aid: " We ilan
h'a d a rough time,
I ,are DO.... out of
'it, bot coming out
nt Bodeer "as
"ounded sliglaU,. in th leg.. . and George
Money W88 'budly wOlIn
Ju.t below the
kJleI/ We Wtlre on a ' w:k -.rnlk' and
' lJe~ry ' ,bompoo, ,ue, 'JflIlk Coo~ had hie
r ifle Cll t Illm,bat III
ud his overcOI\t
I'PCl ,bToocb!H Tipped,
tortUllII.tejy · not
",oondcd. T~ero were
()f . U8 lit the
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UASONS FOK RE-ENLISTMENT.
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A j(ood dB!l1 of 'cemment has beeD: mado
on tne d~i8I~ of , the Army , o~Cll that
all servinr soldiers m th4f TerrltorJlII Force. •
desirous of COlltilluin&' to serve ill the reeo,n,·
etitoted Territorial -.Eql'ce, must be dll!charlrOd and ~mted.. Ilnd .,that. N.C.O.,
"ill be nHlDlieted lIS priVates.
Th_ decisipDl require explanotion,.
'fbe object aimed at. firstly. i~ to pro!1d.
for the oontinuanCllt in the Territorial Foroe
of all Territori81 :Foree IOldie.rs who a~ •
desirous of so oolltiDlIiag. end. 8eClOadJ,.. tI)
....elcome the enlistment of men ".110 line
_"ed iu the Wtlr in &DJ ot his lIaie8tr'e
Forces.and do not contemplate rejoill~1! the
Rnular Forces.
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1"he nOC4l8sity for Te-eilli meDt ill caused
by the fact that tl).e position ~nlina men
who ,\ro serving on a Territonal, FO«tl attestattoll is 'complicated. AIId ylWl6e g~t1y
according to whother they eah ted p~lor to
or durifi tho, rwar o.ud ha~. 6r haye not
Ilompl.t
thoi,t ellJ'q-~ents or re-en~
_lib. han11 case. 10 lo!!(, !!! tho Fo~.
remains. embodied ~ the 1!Uh~ry: ~rnce
Acts ant ill operation. tben lJability for
CODtinU!!8. Before; ,therefore. Mkiq
nHlnr
in the new Territorial
ha~ becIn decided that it ""QlIJd
'feUe", them of all oblia.tipaa
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been fired by an
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of ~ ul(Ult "ith 1\ leeting ,o f
relief. the CCjmpllly I
the, Somme ~I'"
tnct I\~d eventUally ar "ed in tli.. ne~h­
bpurhood of Apraa, wheH it ~ut a rat er
good time, , FrI'&8 "as
woudcrfuJ plaet,
dead a8 nilrh ~ during t
day. &8 busy aa
day nt night, durin&'
e Ie" h.our& allowed. lor thh shops ud estamlD~~t ~~
open , JUre J61C'rence lItouJd ' be m...... w
the real bon t derived from the Y.M.O.A.•
who, dMPite ~oul
ling of the town.
kept a. very ' ,~ry home from 'home ftlr the
IOld iers,
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),(arCh. 1917 found the compl\1l1
piling its n.rdnou8 dutitl. whilst ~-.,.~.-,-,Fritz up 'from Ch.n..... to neer
tin. In ep
ber til.,. .ere "8ndiilUf
"av north ,, '
Peronn
a to'WD
.. Hnn 'hate ' had WOI'
its fury ,
October. 1917. the COllI
, participated
the closing stages of
e battle arOUJld
P_hendaelo , lIud Hon ,uJst Forest.
' hilst opel'atina' 011
J8 frvnt. the com~ had a rather WOrr7inl( ,time from
bina ; beadona.rtel'l
tauung one or
h :o ca8ualti_ lrom
e.
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LOCAL CASUALTIES.
OU Octobu 19th
gloom 'waa
east over the eompu,
tlio.~~tb of Cor-

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THE TERRITORIAL
F-QRCE.

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enliStment.- UBder tJU8

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qd 1\
meat
frqm exi1!tin~ Obl.tic!_
"ill no
8< break In CODtillul~
of ser\rice. --.'
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With reprd to ~he re-enhsbneDt, ~f
N.C.O.8 all priY.tes. III the tint plaee it ..
not leplly potI8ible to uliet o,! r&4nliet a
man ill a rank .bove that·o' pnvate. )(01'&-,
ove, seem, ,tllat tho Territ.ol'illl Force has
more than triplicafeli durina the war
aad tho 110" Force will for ~he p.--nt ~
back t ita p~"ar estab11Bh_nt. it .. ,
clear fblll: tbe~ will be a'Vel'1 larp IIUl'1IlUS I'
of N.C.OJ! ava.ilable. aDd that 8l(·N.C:O••
CIUl oBly be _pted iJi their pre~ieU8 raIIk
up to- tlte aumller Jl8rmitted by the re<t.cecl .
..tabl_ment. It 15 eqll&1b cl~r that til• •
mOllt • •iut N.C.O.8 most .be secured. aa~
ill pf&l!tice. tile oomlDJl1ldinlr otlicer will
heve a I'M hand in selecting hiB N:C.O••
froID ' tMse who have served as ~h JJl tile
~ aad oller their ' seni~t IlJld, thoie
eeleeted "ill be prvm.oted Oil t.IIe day th.,. ,
attest as. pril"AWe. proyjded the)' hllye Of_J
fered tbeineelves ~n 8U~.lIt ~me to en- '
able th.ir pt'QlDOholl to 'be ~rrl~ ont.

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