Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. Pg77
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The Depot of The Royal Berkshire Regiment
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg77 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1916 |
| Page number | Unknown |
| Publisher | Reading Standard |
| Description | 224 pages bound volume |
| Horizon Number: | 1246254 |
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THE DEPOT OF THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT.
READING BARRACKS: THE KEEP.
WARRANT OFFICERS AND N . C . O . s.
CORPORALS.
[P h o t o s b y C . E . May.
A t th e tim e these ph otogra ph s w ere taken, Lieut.-Colonel F . A . Deare was officer commanding
th e Depot Royal Berks Regiment. A pp oin ted t o th is post on th e outbreak of
w ar, he sacrificed th e leisure o f a w ell-earned retirem ent and w orked so hard in th e cause
o f recru itin g th a t he overta xed h is stren gth and fe ll a victim to influenza.
H is death, a fte r a w eek' s illness, rem oved one w ho com bined in a singular degree th e qualities of th e
British officer and th e English gentleman and had given his life fo r his cou n try as surely
as any soldier in the firing line.
THE OFFICERS ( October , 1914 ), s h o w in g t h e l a te Colonel Deare (second f ig u r e , seated ).