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T he King and Queen'€™s Visit to Reading€” continued.



f r o m a co n s id e ra b le d ista n ce, m issed t h e ch a n ce.
T h e r e w ere a lso s p e c ta to rs fr o m th e a ir as w ell
as fr o m e a rth , f o r severa l a erop la n es h o v e re d
o v e r th e t o w n a t in te rv a ls d u rin g th e d a y , in ­
d u lg in g in v a riou s s p e c ta cu la r g y ra tio n s an d
e v o lu tio n s in m id -a ir.


KING & QUEEN A N D THE WOUNDED.

him an d also sh o o k h im b y th e h a n d . A s th e
little m a n w ith d re w h e a ga in sa lu te d and click ed
his h eels w ith a d d e d em phasis.
T h e b o u q u e t p re se n te d b y a p a tie n t to th e
Q ueen was giv e n b y M rs. Phippen .
T h e officers p re se n t w e r e : Brigadier-General
E. A . W . S. Grove , C .B ., C o m m a n d in g N o . 7
D is tr ic t; Colonel H . F . Coleridg e , D .S .O ., C om­
m a n d in g T ro o p s , Reading ; Colonel A. W. M ayo
Robson , C .B ., C .V .O .;
Colonel W. J. Maurice, R .A .M .C ., T ., C o m m a n d in g Reading
War Hospitals : Lieut.-Colonel E . S. Godman ,
A .P .M ., Southern Command ; Major S. Gubbins,
D .S .O ., D .A .A .G ., S ou th ern C o m m a n d ; Major
J . L. Joyce , R .A .M .C ., Registra r, Reading War Hopspitals ; th e Rev . F . J . C. Gillmor, C .F .,
S en ior Chaplain, to Force s, Berkshire ; Captain
G. Steele, S ta ff Cap ta in , N o. 7 D is tr ic t; Captain
Lord Redesdale , A .P .M ., N o . 3 (Oxford ) A r e a ;
Captain J. Cotton , Garrison Adjutant, Reading .



A p a th e tic in te re s t a tta ch e d t o th e p re s e n ta ­
t io n t o M rs. Beasley (w id o w o f Second Lieut. A .
W . Beasley , Royal Berkshire Regt .) , o f the
Military Medal w on b y h e r h u sb a n d . S he was
a cco m p a n ie d b y h e r little b o y w h o, a s h e a p ­
p ro a ch e d th e K in g , s a lu te d a n d click e d h is heels
in tr u e so ld ie rly fa sh io n an d to th e g r e a t a m u se
m ent o f everybody.
T h e K in g was h ig h ly
am u sed a n d s h o o k h a n d s w ith th e little fe llo w .
T h en th e Q u een s te p p e d fo r w a r d , ch a tte d w ith

Visit to No. 1 W a r Hospital.

PRESENTATION OF MEDALS.

ân g th e w o n d e rfu l s y m p a th y w h ich th eir
M a je stie s h a v e e v e r sh ow n to w a rd s th e sick an d
s u ffe rin g it w as o n ly n a tu ra l t h a t o n th is o c c a ­
sion th e ir first t h o u g h t s h o u ld b e fo r th e w o u n d ­
ed a n d t h a t th e ir first visit w as t o a h o s p ita l
w h ere th ese b ra v e fe llo w s w ere b e in g ca r e d fo r .
T h e K in g an d Q u een w e n t s tr a ig h t fr o m the
sta tio n t o N o . 1 W a r H o s p ita l w h ere, a c c o m ­
p a n ied b y th e m a tr o n a n d s ta ff, th e y ch a tte d
w ith th e w o u n d e d m en , e n q u ire d as t o th e
n a tu r e o f th eir w ou n d s, a n d h ow th e y w ere p r o ­
g ressin g. T h e K in g , b y h is n a tu ra l and k in d ly
d e m e a n o u r, a n d t h e Q u een b y h e r sw eet
w om a n lin ess, w on th e h e a rts o f all. T h eir
M a je stie s sh ow ed a v e ry s y m p a th e tic in te re s t in
th e ca se o f o n e m a n w h o h a d a fin g e r tra n s ­
p la n te d fr o m o n e h a n d t o m a k e a th u m b o n th e
o t h e r . H a v in g m a d e a to u r o f t h e p rem ises th e
K in g p resen ted a n u m b e r o f m ed als, w h ich h e
p in n e d t o t h e b rea sts o f th e r e c ip ie n ts a n d th en
sh o o k th em b y th e h a n d . T h e Q u een also g a v e
th em a h e a r ty h a n d sh a k e.
Sergeant W . Dyke , Royal Scots Greys, re
c e iv e d th e D .C .M . an d Military M ed a l f o r c o n­
sp icu o u s g a lla n try a n d d e v o tio n t o d u t y .
He
m a d e s e v e ra l recon n a isa n ces o f en e m y tren ch es,
th e r e b y g a in in g in fo rm a tio n o f t h e g r e a te s t as­
sistan ce tow a rd s th e su ccess o f th e r a id th a t f o l ­
lo w e d .
H e s h ow ed g r e a t in itia tiv e a n d c o o l­
ness a n d w ith h is officer re m a in e d t o th e la st to
see his p a r t y s a fe ly in.
T h e D .C .M . w as p r es e n te d t o C .S .M . G . Inman , Royal Berks Regt.,
a n d th e Military Medal t o Sergt. C . S. Seeley,
Royal Berkshire Regiment ; Sergt. A . Overy ,
Scots Guards ; Sergt. W . Way , Devonshire
Regt . ; Sergt. J . Davies, Argyll an d Sutherland
Highlanders ; Sergt. G . Laskey , Royal West
Kent R e g im e n t ; Corp l. J . T . Inkpen , Sussex
R e g im e n t ; Lce .-Corpl. B . Bamberth , London
R e g im e n t ; Lce .-Corpl. J . Wright, East Surrey
R e g t . ; Rfn . H . S. Saunders, Lancaste r R e g t . ;
a n d t o M rs. Flora George, f o r Pt e . A . J . George,
Royal Berks Regt .

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