Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg37
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Boy Scout and Citizen Soldier
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg37 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1916 |
| Page number | Unknown |
| Publisher | Reading Standard |
| Description | 224 pages bound volume |
| Horizon Number: | 1246254 |
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BOY SCOUT AND CITIZEN SOLDIER. -
FUNERAL OF ALFRED DAVIS, 4th BATT. ROYAL BERKS REGIMENT
The war has alas made the military funeral an alltoo familiar sight, even tothe children, and there is scarcely a village which has not seen the burial of at least one of its sons who had taken up arms. Some, it is true, had not been in action, but nevertlieless were waiting their turn ‘‘ to do ordie ‘‘ and were stricken down in training. The photograph below depicts a procession at the burial of Alfred Davis. of The Orchards, Bracknell. a Teritorial who bad heroically battled with a dread illness and to his sorrow was unable to answer the call to arms. Aged 18. he belonged to H Company 4th Batt. Royal Berks Regiment and was buried at Easthampstead by comrades, while forty Boy Scouts attended out of respect fur a former brother scout.
The sight of a sentry standing stiffly at attention at the entrance to a railway station or briskly stepping fsuii, end to cod of a railway bridge was one of the strangest ways in which people were reminded of the war in the early days of thi’ cairipaigt Ten inches of gleaming steel projucted tram a loaded rifle, which the sentry had a right to fire at- any peson acting suspiciously or disobeying the challenge in various parts of the country lamentable occurennces arose f coat the failtirl of people to realise the eat taoiduiary elrennL4tancea iind.-r witirk we were living. There were enemies at home as well as abroad, and the protection of the iron road on which otw militaryactivities depended for success was a most necessary measure, Our picture shows a squad ofsentries. Lancashire Territorials, who were posted to duty on the line at Reading.
SENTRIES ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AT READING.
C. E. May.