Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 796
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 796 |
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| Page number | 796 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Edition | |
| Publisher | Unknown |
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ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT
6 th BATTALION
The late Lce.-Corpl. FREDERICK TEGG, 32 Soho Street, Reading. Ki l l e din a c t i on . Aged 32.
T h e l at e Sergt . J . CLEMENTS , London Street, Faringdon. D i e d of w o u n d s .
T h e l at e Pte. J . E. COOK , 35, Orchard Street , Reading . â Ki l l e d i n a ct i on .
T h e l ate Pt e. WILLIAM MANLEY, 63, Essex Street , Reading . Ki l l e d i n act i on.
Pt e. JAMES HANKINS , 44, Commercial Hall , Coley . Mi ss i ng.
5 TH BATTALION.
Losses in the Great
German Offensive.
T H E ENEMY'S EXAGGERATED REPORT
T h e Germans g r e a tly e x a g g e ra te d the
losses o f th e British in killed, w o u n d e d and
p rison ers d u rin g th e e a rlie r d a y s o f th e
offensive w h ich b e g a n o n March 21st, 1918.
T h e 56th Division , th e ir wireless communique stated,
w as â a lm o st c o m p le te ly
w ip ed o u t .â T h e a ctu a l ca su a lties w ere 43
officers an d 1,425 o t h e r ranks.
T h e 5th Berks Regiment was d e cla re d to h a v e b een
â a n n ih ila t e d â ; t h e a ctu a l t o ta l losses
w ere 15 officers an d 300 o th e r ranks.
It m u st b e re m e m b e r e d t h a t th e t r o o p s w ere
fig h tin g re a rg u a rd a ctio n s, a n d w e re con Â
se q u e n tly o b lig e d to le a v e all w o u n d e d b e Â
h in d th e m t o b e p ick e d u p b y t h e Germans,
o th e rw is e th e ir losses w o u ld n o t h a v e b e e n
n e a rly so b ig .
Pt e. E. PRITCHARD , 179, Elgar Road, Reading. â S u f f e r i n g f r o m gas shell b u r n s .
T h e l at e Pt e. W . J . GOSLING , son of t he
hall - keeper , Town Hall , Reading . â Di e d of w o u n d s .
The l at e Pt e. T . WESTON , 7, Havelock
Road , Reading . â Ki l l ed i n a c t i on .
T h e late Pte. L.J. LOYNES, 14 Wilson Road, Reading. Ki l l e d i n act i on.