Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 839
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| Title | Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 4. p 839 |
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| Page number | 839 |
| Date | 1919 |
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| Publisher | Unknown |
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PRISONERS OF W AR IN GERMANY
Experiences of Col. Gibbs.
Lieu t.-Colonel ,T. A . C. Gibbs, C .B .,
D u k e o f Wellington ' s R egim en t, of
" Wolvercote " Alexandra Road,
Reading, w as a prison er. Leaving.
Ireland w ith h is regim en t at th e ou tÂ
break of th e w ar lie w as in th e heavy
fightin g inFrance in A u gu st, 1914,
and. w hilst ex ecu tin g a rearguard
action on th e 24th A u gu st he was hit
by a piece of shell. A fte r hiding for
som e tim e in a Belgian house he succeeded in g ettin g in to Lord M an n ers'
am bulance, in w hich h e stayed for
a b ou t tw o m onths. In November,
1914, th e G erm ans ordered th e am bu
lance t o be closed down and sent th e
patien ts in to Germ any to various
Lce.-Corpl. W. DOUGLAS , Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, 13, Lower Basildon.
Lce.-Corpl. E. POPE , Worcester Regt.,
late Berks Yeomanr y, of Sonning.
Pte. G. E. KISLINGBURY,
49 King's Road, Caversham.
Pte. E. McCULLOUGH , 5th Royal Berks
Regt., of Station Road, Mortimer.
Pte. P. DOUGLAS , Royal Berks Regt.,
of Easthampstead. Wounded.
cam ps.
The treatm en t m eted ou t to
the officer prison ers was n ot bad, but
th a t o f th e T om m ies was simply
w icked. T he food situ ation in Germany
w as very serious, th e civilian po p u la
tion livin g alm ost en tirely on roots
such as tu rn ip s and m angolds, b u t the
soldiers at th e fro n t are fed b etter.
T h e p o ta to crops in Germany were
very poor.
Col. Gibbs has served in th e same
regim ent for a bout 32 years, and was
aw arded th e C .B . in th e first lis t of
war honours in 1915. In December o f
1917 h e was sent t o Holland for internment.
Pte. W. SEYMOUR , Royal Berks Regt.,
of 1, Coley Kiln Cottages, Reading,
Pte. GEORGE HILL , 13 th Battalion
Gloucester Regiment,
East Heath,
Wokingham.