Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1919

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It is almo t pathetic fo, tnYOue in
terested in the . Royal Berks Regim~n;
~ ~ad tbe rea-nnental mag ine, .. n
{;~ Draa-on," and Ie'
rem inrlp~
a4Jam of the .many fine fellow associ:ltrd '
with the regunent who fell . uring \t,e
&Teat Eur:opean war. In a r ent i~,~p
we h,ave a summary of tbe doings of
eac ..bat~on, so that our r ders ~".
fa!D ihar with the r~Old .of • he Rl'ik.
shl!e5. T~e are, however, 0 e or ~o
pomts tl,11I1ght out
"'ffi.. e Chin
Drag.on J, whicb may ~ inentfned ('tr(.~
that For mstance, we read tbat ~ie\l\,-~'I
nOfP. S. Hunt, ~bo was kill last
whilst command mil' the lst ,Battali~n,
per';. 11'41;5 recommended for the V. , for CIln.
found IICUOU S courage and devotiolri to duty
work. near. ~anancourt. . D~illg intl'Jl'C
also llostile rifle and !Daclrine.gu~ fir e. I,e
p;usonaUy supervIsed tbe t.'\s~ of pl;;ri ll g
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ee hIS own men and tliose of other UrHt,
wages t~ the best advant;\lfe. . He showed al .:Ii
of t~mes a ~.lear app rcclaUon of very dift,fUII
c;)J'C11mstan ces, and .. bell other tro,,~,
had fallen back, realising lhul it w;.~ ul
tbe utmost impo rtance to hold on In
order to gain valuable time, by h" '0\1."
mll,fnificent example in the fro nt Ii ,,,
lle lDspired all ranks to furtllcr r/frffh:
He' refused 10 spare himself . thou ;:h
frequently/, begged to do so b y hi!' ~uh..
Ol"4inates, and continued to organist' '",
line up to the moment of hi s d,,«" •.
Surely this is a noble record .of a V.C.
winner who unfortunately died. ~I( •
Lieut. A. B'- Turner, son of Maj or C.
T urner, of Thatcham, his Id coIQ ~' I
wtote: "The most gallant ~ct I (Vef
saw." One is reminded, tod, of tltdl
splendid sportsman, Lieut... (J01. C. L.
Hill, C.M.G ., D.S.O. .. H~ wa ," ""
are told, " a most cheery comrade ~d a
man of the greatest vers~tili-fy, as 1"('\\
as a good all·round sportsma.n.
M a
cricketer be. was perhaps at ~is best In
1907; he had a batting avera~ of 82 lu,
the 1st Battalion, and scored four oen·
turies." The late Col. Fincb (who 1I1"
played such splendid bravery) it is n·
called, was a capital polo ~ayer. and
twice helped the 1st Battalion to win Ih,·
Garrispn Cup at Malta.
A Fine Trlbut
These and other tine men will never IJe
forgott n. One is ple;lscd
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stirring tribute to Cot. Holds orth. wl,fj
died so gallantly, from t"be commandCl" ,f
the 8th Division. In it oc~urs lb ~,,·
lVord's,1'Ihic deserve to be rdnembercd '
.. The . conduct of your bafthlion \2 nd
Royal Berks) in the action oJ Jul y J'I.
1916", was magnificent. and
ran" 0"
a level with the finest achievemenls of
the Roy;u Berkshires-it is
more. Everything th&t I
do was done, and no .
done better. " Words
make one ap the more
Berkshir.es apd the brave
them. Man people may
of the death of
F orster, 0 .5 .0 ., of
"rf,orc~i~n who was killed wbilst
ins,tiR~a~llon
Nor thamptons. We m .. 'n~(.n
illustration of the'
materiat which the RP,-.I. ..lniTl.... pc)ssle~'rd
He went . to tbe ~:a: as e.
received his co
. sion,
temporary-major).
and bl\Z an d I M.e.
Moreover, he was the
regime~t bas ever
there ,,'as Lieut. James
who had been IR.S.y., and
of 1 tbe best all-round
s;ed in the ranks of the
b ng alike proficient
c cket, footbaD, aBd
ment is innnitely poorer
men of this calibre, but
that the
ord of their
is a ways ~n ire. tbose . who
splendid ' glment.

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