Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg196
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1st Batt. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Trenches Taken at Richebourg
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg196 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1916 |
| Page number | Unknown |
| Publisher | Reading Standard |
| Description | 224 pages bound volume |
| Horizon Number: | 1246254 |
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Lynda Chater. Edited 5th October 2015
Lieut. ERIC BASEDEN, 20, Morgan Road,
Reading. Wounded.
Pte. WALTER RUFEY, lst Batt. Hazeldene,
Knowl Hill, Wounded.
The late Pte. A. G. BARTLETT, Bint’s
Farm, Dunsden. Killed in action.
1st BATTALION ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGT.
Trenches Taken at Richebourg.
Major-General S. H. Horne, commanding
the 2nd Division, visited the 1st Batt
Royal Berkshire Regiment on May 22nd,
1915, and addressed this unit as follows:
Major Hill, Officers and N. C. O.s and men
of the 1st Royal Berkshires, You have had
a very hard time for the past ten days. The
preparations for the attack which took place
on Saturday night, May 15th, were very
trying and necessitated hard night work
with a great amount of fatigue.
Your courageous rush across the ground
to the German trenches was such as to make
me feel perfectly confident that the battalion's
gallantry, determination and noble
sacrifices will always be maintained. The
reputation of the Royal Berks for its hardihood
and gallantry is well-known throughout
the whole of the war, and I can tell you
that in no other regiment in the Second
Division do I place more confidence than in
yours, which acts so thoroughly and
courageously at all times.
The attack on Saturday night was excellently
planned and excellently carried out,
with such results that the consolidation of
the ground gained left no doubts as to your
ability to hold the trenches. These were
maintained the next day under heavy artillery
and rifle fire and prevented all attempts
of the Germans to drive you out.
The Army and Companies Commanders
have told me to express their sincere
appreciation of your work, and I myself feel very
proud to be associated with you and to
command the Division.
Pte, WILLIAM JAMES MEGRAW,
Railway Terrace, Mortimer. Wounded.
Ihe late Captain GORDON BELCHER,
The Vicarage. Bramley, Hants. Killed in
action. Aged 29. Mentioned in despatches
and awarded the Military Cross.
Pte. F. T. STREET, Lower Farm, Ashampstead.
Wounded.
Pte, E. F. COTTRELL, 13.,Chatham Street,
Reading. Wounded.