Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 2. p 346
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 2. p 346 |
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| Date | 1917 |
| Page number | 346 |
| Publisher | Unknown |
| Description | Not available |
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BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEERS AT DIDCOT.
Beginning in the winter o f 1915 the Berks Volunteer Defence Regiment rendered service of solid worth to a nation whose official neglect of the movement threatened to kill it. Lord Brougham said of the Duke of W ellington, "That man would serve his country with a pickaxe and shovel if he could serve her in no other way." The Volunteers have used pickaxe and shovel: the Berkshire units aided military transport at the depot at Didcot and laboured in a manner and with a zeal that attracted the attention of the whole country. The Volunteers gave up their Sundays for the work, which consisted of loading and unloading heavy material, war supplies, and their unvarying enthusiasm made light of a hard and wearying task. If the Volunteers of Berkshire never take an active part in defensive fighting they will have justified their existence solely by their willing service at Didcot.
[photo, group, exterior] 1. - Stacking Bags of Shovel Handles.
[photo, group, exterior] 2. - Unloading Wagons.
[photo, group, exterior] 3. - Fitting Parts of Shovel Handles.
[photo, group, exterior] 4. - Unloading Field Kitchens.
[photo, group, exterior] 5. - Fixing Wheels to Wagons.
[Photos by P. O. Collier, Reading.]