Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg58
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 1. pg58 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1916 |
| Page number | Unknown |
| Publisher | Reading Standard |
| Description | 224 pages bound volume |
| Horizon Number: | 1246254 |
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TATION ROAD, WHERE THE P R O C E S S IO N BEGAN.
FALL IN AND FOLLOW
A recruiting campaign in Reading was inaugurated in January 1915 by a parade, which was seen by thousands of people, many of whom fulfilled the Army requirements of physical fitness and were just the subjects whom the movement desired to attract. A poster appealing to the men of Reading to join their own Battalion and fall in , was wheeled in the wake of the procession., which contained 500 men from the 2/4th Battalion and the 8th Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, headed by the Caversham and Reading Veterans Band.
At tea in the Crone Exchange afterwards, the Mayor of Reading congratulated the troops on their marching and soldierlike bearing, and his words were endorsed by lord Haversham who rode the whole route. This was the first time the reserve Territorial battalion of the Berkshires had marched through the town of the regimental headquarters, and the men with their bronzed faces and upright figures bore the impress of open air life and physical training.