Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 769
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 769 |
|---|---|
| Page number | 769 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | Unknown |
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PRESENTATION OF MEDALS AT CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD.
FOUR ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT HEROES HONOURED.
On Wednesday, February 13 th, 1918, a m ovin g military
ceremony to o k place in th e Pockwater Quadrangle o f Christ
Church, Oxford , when medals wore presented t o 21 heroic
soldiers or th eir n e x t-o f-k in
by Lieut.-General Sir H . C. Sclater, G .C .B .,
Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command.
Major G. G. Adeley, Royal Irish Rifles and R .F .C ., w as in
ch arge o f th e parade.The troop s, who form ed up in hollow
square, com prised Squadron N o. 2 School o f Military Aeronautics, R .F .C ., th e
6 th O.C.B., Oxfordshire Volunteer Regiment .
Among the recipients of medals were the following N.C.O.s of the Royal Berkshire Regiment .
C .Q .M .S . J . REDFORD . A t Hullu ch , on October 18th,
1915, fo r g a lla n try and d ev otion t o du ty.
Sergt. L . G. BAYLIS . A t Ronnsoy , on April 5th, 1917,
f o r ra llyin g h is pla toon and leadin g them on.
A t th e con clusion o f th e presen tation G eneral Sclater
shook each recipient b y th e hand and spoke a few w ords of
con gra tu la tion t o him.
Sergt. G. H . HOMAN . F or bravery in th e field.
K in g , t o present m edals t o ou r heroic and ga lla n t soldiers.
The record s th ey had h eard road o u t w ere plen tifu l in the
T h e record s w ere read ou t by Lieu t.-Colonel S ir Charles
Cuyler, B t., com m anding tro o p s a t Oxford , and th e General
Corpl. R . B. RICE . A t Pozieres, on July 23rd, 1916, he
bom bed an enem y tren ch u nder v ery h eavy shell fire,
show ing grea t coolness and devotion t o du ty.
Reproduced by permission from the " Oxford Journal Illustrated."
TH E RECIPIENTS OF TH E MEDALS
ON
PARADE.
General Sclater th en in sp ected th e tr o o p s on parade.