Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg46
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1st Batt. Royal Berks Regiment
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg46 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1916 |
| Page number | Unknown |
| Publisher | Reading Standard |
| Description | 224 pages bound volume |
| Horizon Number: | 1246254 |
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1st BATT. ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT.
T h e l a t e P t e . H . PURSEY , of Barkham Rd.,
Wokingham . D i e d of w ou nd s .
Pte. W. RICHARDSON , Binfield
Wounded
The 1st Batt.
Royal Berks
Regiment
covered
them selves w ith glory in
th e first b a ttle of Ypres of
October, 1914.
A glow in g
trib u te t o th eir fightin g
and m arching qualities was
pa id
by
th e
B rigadierGeneral, referrin g t o an
occasion when D Company
of th e B a tta lion captu red a
German field gun, w hich
success, he said, led t o th e
rem ainder o f th e gu ns be
in g b rou gh t in by th e
F ren ch at Zonnebeke.
October 24th w ill b e a redletter day in th e calen dar
of th e batta lion , fo r th e
en em y' s trench es on th e
Pasechendale - Becelaere
road w ere taken w ith 70
prisoners. F o r th eir gallan
tr y on th is occasion Lieuts.
Hanbury-Sparrow and L .
C. Nicholson (both o f whom
w ere w ounded, th e la tter
fa ta lly) w ere aw arded th e
Distinguished Service
O rder,
and
Coy .-Sergt.Major G. Smith and Sergt.
W . Taylor received th e Distinguished Conduct Medal.
T he fightin g
continued
th rou gh ou t th e n igh t and
th e follow in g day, both
sides suffering h eavy losses.
A m on g th e killed was Capt.
Oliver Steele, o f th e Berkshires.
O ne of th e m ost
severe a tta ck s on th e First
Army Corps,
w hich included th e B erkshires, was
m ade on O ctober 31st.
It w as on th is occasion th a t
Sergt. Taylor was fata lly
w ounded. The B erkshires
again distinguish ed them Â
selves.
Pte . J. Pym and
Lce.-Corp l. F . C. G. Hill
received th e D .C .M ., but
th e form er was rep orted
m issing in April and Hill
died of w ounds received in
th e engagem ent.
The l a t e Pte. A . W . DEARLOVE , of
East Hagbourne . K i l l e d in ac t i o n .
Pte . T . F . BAILEY , of Cockpole Green ,
Wargrave . W ounded.
Pt . S. KNIGHT , South Street , North
Hagbourne . W ound ed, ta k e n
pr is o n e r .
Corpl. F. ROLFE , Church View Cottages, Shalbourne. W o u n d e d .
T h e l a te Sergt . W . TAYLOR ,
Elm Park Road, Reading.
Awarded
t he
D .C .M .
D ie d of wo und s.
The late Pte. F. LAWRENCE , of Ecchinswell. Died of wounds.